Poland does not plan to send soldiers to Ukraine; allies realize that our function is to safe the logistics of the mission - said Deputy Prime Minister, head of MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, asked about the message of the American Gen. Keith Kellogg on sending Polish soldiers on a stabilisation mission in Ukraine.
Deputy Prime Minister, head of the MON in an interview with PAP referred to the statements of U.S. peculiar Envoy for Ukraine General Keith Kellogg, who He said on Tuesday on Fox Business that among the war solutions considered in Ukraine is the placing of European forces west of Dnieper with the participation of 4 European countries, including Poland.
"The state is clear - Poland does not plan and will not send troops to Ukraine" - emphasized Kosiniak-Kamish. "From the beginning, we have pointed out our function as a logistics and infrastructure safety center for specified a mission. (...) Without us there is no anticipation to carry it out" - added Deputy Prime Minister.
There is no and there will be no plans to send 🇵🇱 troops to Ukraine. Poland is liable for defending the east flank of NATO and for logistical support for the attacked neighbour.
— Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish (@KosiniakKamish) May 13, 2025As he assured, Polish allies gathering at various levels in the framework of the "candid coalition" supporting Ukraine "excellently realize the function Poland is to play". "This function is noticed and appreciated by allies" - said the head of the MON.
When asked if specified a form of speech by an American authoritative could act as an indirect emphasis on Poland, the head of the MON denied. "Neither I nor the head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski and others took any suggestions on the matter" - said Kosiniak-Kamish.
"I confirm" - wrote on platform X head of MFA Radosław Sikorski.
What did Kellogg say?
Kellogg introduced in an interview with writer Maria Bartiromo The American plan to negociate the end of the war in Ukraine, which was to be sent to Ukraine, Russia and the European countries. As he stated, the U.S. first wants to lead to a ceasefire to decision on to the discussion of the territory, the position of the Zaporoš Atomic Power Plant and the future of Ukraine in NATO.
"We are besides talking about immune forces. And these are the forces of what they call E3, but it's actually E4 now. We are talking about the British, the French, and besides the Germans, and now, in fact, Poles who would have the strength west of Dniepr, which is far from the line of contact" - Kellogg said. He added that to the east of Dnieper there would be peacekeeping forces with the participation of a "third country" to guarantee that the ceasefire is observed.
The President's advisor stated that talks about the territory would come from the current state of possession, in the case of the U.S. atomic power plant offered to aid reconstruct the facility to operations and supply energy "for the full region", while as for NATO, Ukraine would not join the Alliance "in the close future". Negotiations would besides concern the return of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia.
"So we have all this beautiful well planned, this sheet of conditions is rather extensive. We sent him to the Ukrainians, to the Russians, to E3. So we are very, very assured about where we are and how it should look, what peace should look like" - Kellogg said. He besides noted that This is the "start point" of negotiations and not all points will meet with approval.
He besides admitted that he did not know how Vladimir Putin felt about the American proposal. erstwhile asked if the US would introduce fresh sanctions in the event of Russian refusal, Kellogg suggested that legislature could introduce them and that these would be the heaviest sanctions that have been introduced so far, including the Russian "shadow float".
At the same time, he assessed that if Presidents Putin, Zelenski and Trump appeared on Thursday in Istanbul for talks, an agreement could come "very quickly".
Kellogg besides pointed out the initiative shown by European leaders and their fresh journey to Kiev. "We saw Tusk from Poland, Merza from Germany, Macron from France and Starmer from large Britain, who picked up the telephone and called president Trump and it was a good conversation. So everything starts to move," he added.
PAP
