Poland’s Prime Minister Tells Ukraine’s Zelensky To Never ‘Insult Poles Again’

 

Reuters: Polish PM tells Ukraine's Zelenskiy 'never to insult Poles again' 

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's prime minister told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday not to "insult" Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to defuse a simmering row over grain imports.

Poland decided last week to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain imports, shaking Kyiv's relationship with a neighbour that has been seen as one of its staunchest allies since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year.  

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WNU Editor: Polish Prime Minster Mateusz Morawiecki is not going to bend the knee to Zelensky. 

Poland’s Prime Minister Tells Ukraine’s Zelensky To Never ‘Insult Poles Again’  

Never ‘insult Poles again,’ Poland’s prime minister tells Ukraine’s Zelensky -- CNN  

Poland’s PM to Zelensky after ‘political theater’ UN remarks: Never ‘insult Poles again’ -- The Hill  

Poland PM tells Zelensky never ‘insult Poles again’ after stirring up drama with grain remark -- NYPost 

Poland’s PM tells Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to ‘never insult’ Polish people again -- Al Jazeera

Poland's Prime Minister Says Poland Will Stop Providing Arms To Ukraine

 

CNN: Poland will stop providing weapons to Ukraine as dispute over grain imports deepens 

Poland said Wednesday it will stop providing weapons to Ukraine amid a growing dispute between the two countries over a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports.

“We no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming Poland,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on social media. 

Poland has long been one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers since Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor, alongside multiple former Eastern bloc nations who fear they could be next if Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expansionist war is successful.  

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WNU Editor: A recent poll in Poland revealed widespread opposition to continue supporting Ukraine with weapons (approximately 75% against), and Polish parliamentary elections are coming up (October 15). So politics is at play right now.  

Update: The Polish government is backtracking on the Prime Minister's remarks .... Polish President Says PM Was Misinterpreted On Ukraine Arms (AFP). 

Poland's Prime Minister Says Poland Will Stop Providing Arms To Ukraine 

Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine amid grain row -- BBC  

Poland says it will stop future weapons transfers to Ukraine -- CBC  

One of Ukraine’s strongest allies says it will no longer supply Kyiv with weapons -- CNBC 

Poland says it will no longer supply Ukraine with weapons -- DW 

Poland signals halt to Ukraine weapons transfers amid trade dispute -- Financial Times

Polish President Says “Ukraine Is Like A Drowning Man, It Can Drag Us Into The Depths”

EU solidarity?

Poland's Duda on Ukraine grain:
"Should we act to protect ourselves from being harmed by a drowning man? Of course we must act to protect ourselves from a drowning man causing us harm, because if the drowning man causes us harm and drowns us, he won’t get any… pic.twitter.com/VRrHjPRhj9

— the Lemniscat (@theLemniscat) September 20, 2023

🇺🇦🇵🇱 “Ukraine is like a drowning man who will drag down those who are trying to help him.”

— Andrzej Duda, Polish President pic.twitter.com/SV4IJxGNbO

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 20, 2023

PIndia: "“Ukraine is like a drowning man, it can drag us into the depths”: Polish President Andrzej Duda  

The Polish President asserted that it has to first protect its own interest otherwise if Ukraine (drowning man) causes harm to it, they would not be able to help it. 

On Tuesday (19 September), Polish President Andrzej Duda likened Ukraine to a drowning man while defending his government’s decision to impose a grain embargo on Ukrainian agricultural products. 

During a media briefing outside the UN headquarters in New York, he targeted Ukraine for going against them at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and challenging their decision to ban grain imports from Kyiv.  

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Update #1: Polish president on grain dispute: "Ukraine is like a drowning man, it can drag us into the depths" (Ukrainska Pravda)  

Update #2: Ukraine ‘behaving like a drowning man’ – Poland (RT)  

WNU Editor: The Polish President was responding to Ukraine President Zelensky's UN speech .... Poland fumes over Ukrainian president's UN speech (Anadolu Agency). I have also just learned that a schedule meeting between the two (Presidents Zelensky and Duda) at the UN has been cancelled.

Russian Defense Minister Says Poland And Ukraine To Form Joint Military Unit To Protect Western Ukraine

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu © Russian Defence Ministry/TASS 

TASS: Poland, Ukraine to form joint military unit, says Shoigu 

The Russian defense minister added that Poland has become the main tool of America’s anti-Russian policy 

MOSCOW, August 9. /TASS/. Poland is planning to form a joint Polish-Ukrainian military unit ostensibly for security, but with the ulterior motive of occupying western Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu said. 

He drew attention to the dangers associated with Poland’s militarization. "there are plans to create a permanent so-called Polish-Ukrainian formation ostensibly to ensure the security of Western Ukraine, but in fact - for the subsequent occupation of this territory," he said.  

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Update: Russia claims Poland plans to create unit for occupation of Western Ukraine: Shoigu (Al Arabiya English)  

WNU editor: There was an agreement to form a joint Polish - Ukraine - Lithuanian military unit a decade ago .... Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania form joint military unit (BBC). The soldiers were to remain in their countries, but the brigade would be based in Poland. 

Flash forward to today. Russia is convinced that this old agreement is being dust-off, and we will soon be seeing Polish troops being deployed to Western Ukraine. If that does happen, the war will expand to now include a NATO member.

Poland Condemns Ukraine’s Commemoration Of Second World War Two Nationalist Leader Bandera

"We are extremely critical of any moves to glorify Stepan Bandera, there can be no nuances here," Mateusz Morawiecki said. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Polish government figures have criticised the “unacceptable” decision by Ukraine to appoint as deputy foreign minister Andrij Melnyk, who recently denied that nationalist leader Stepan Bandera was responsible for the massacre of Poles and Jews during WWII https://t.co/Chr6Xu0p8x

— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) November 23, 2022

Notes From Poland: Poland condemns Ukraine’s commemoration of wartime nationalist leader Bandera 

After officials and institutions in Ukraine – including the national parliament – marked the birth anniversary of nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, Polish government figures have criticised the commemoration of a man they see as responsible for the genocide of ethnic Poles and Jews. 

Despite Poland and Ukraine having forged an extremely close alliance against Russian aggression this year, remembrance of World War Two history – and in particular the massacre of up to 100,000 Polish civilians by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) – continues to be a bone of contention. 

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Update #1: PM against "glorification" of Ukrainian nationalist Bandera (The First News)  

Update #2: Poland responds to Ukraine’s Nazi-collaborator celebration (RT)  

WNU Editor: Even the Ukraine church is involved in the commemoration of WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera (see tweet below):

🇺🇦Ukrainian church,which is on the way to be the only allowed church in "democratic" Ukraine, celebrates the Birthday of Stepan Bandera - responsible for many attrocities against Jews and Poles pic.twitter.com/PVrYp89K6J

— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) January 2, 2023

Polish EU Official Says West Should Give Ukraine Nukes

⚡️Russia has violated the Budapest Memorandum and therefore the West can “gift” nuclear warheads to Ukraine so that it “can defend its independence,” Polish MEP Radosław Sikorski told Espresso. pic.twitter.com/cZU19HBuo6

— Flash (@Flash43191300) June 11, 2022

RT: West has right to give Ukraine nukes – EU lawmaker 

Radoslaw Sikorski urged countries to “dissuade” Russia from using nuclear weapons against Ukraine 

The West could provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons to help defend itself against Russia, Radoslaw Sikorski, a member of the European Parliament and former Polish foreign minister, said. 

“The West has the right to give Ukraine nuclear warheads so that it could protect its independence,” Sikorski told Ukraine’s Espreso TV on Saturday. 

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WNU Editor: The Kremlin has responded .... Kremlin Responds After Polish EU Official Says West Should Give Ukraine Nukes (Zero Hedge). More here .... The Foreign Ministry of Russia Threatens Poland with Nuclear Strike (Ukrayinska Pravda).

Poland Ready To Sell Weapons To Ukraine If Kiev Has The Money

Poland's Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna (Reuters/Slawomir Kaminski)

RT: 'It’s business': Poland ready to sell weapons to Ukraine if Kiev has money

Update: Poland Open to Arms Sales to Ukraine -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: It's always about the money ... and Ukraine has no money .... they do not even have any credit. But here is an ominous warning/prediction from the Polish Defense Minister .... Polish defence minister: Conflict in Ukraine can last for years (Charter 97).