The fresh (old) Polish abroad Minister Radosław Sikorski was to go to Berlin on his first abroad visit, and another Western capitals were besides indicated. Meanwhile, he went to Kiev.
"The times of empires belong to the past. I believe this is the last colonial war in Europe. And she has to stop. And we in Poland believe that as a consequence Russia must lose and Ukraine must win," said the head of Polish diplomacy. "Ukraine should win this war and Putin should lose it, and at the end of the decade we want Ukraine to be a associate of the European Union and an crucial partner of Poland, as a associate of the same European family" added Sikorski. How do you measure this declaration? Is this a manifestation of wishful reasoning and support for the concept of war “to the last Ukrainian”? While in the West, and especially in the United States, there is increasingly talk of the end of the war, the request to recognise territorial realities “Russia must lose and Ukraine must win,” he declares.
At the same time, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said in an interview with local media that Ukraine has no power and ability to counteroffensive. Kiev's allies can "throw all the weapons of the world" and "all the money" to aid the state defend itself, but Russia "will never be defeated militarily," he added. Meanwhile, Radosław Sikorski wants to fight to the end and offers Ukraine the creation of common weapons facilities, as well as the anticipation of buying Polish weapons. After a period of cooling relations with Ukraine through the Law and Justice, the Civic Platform returns to the old railways of the “services of the Ukrainian people”. In this “return” she is highly emotional, to mention only the curiosity of pos. Michał Szczerby in the Council of the ultimate Ukraine or regular declarations by Paweł Kowal, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on abroad Affairs. The platform, as part of a retaliation on the PiS, enters his boots from the beginning of the war. She just forgot that the situation was different. This is not good news for Poland, nor for millions of Ukrainians, who no longer want mythical victories, but a fast end to the war.
Jan Engelgard
photo profile ‘X’ of the MFA
Think Poland, No. 1-2 (1-7.01.2023)
