
Polish Prime Minister calls for tougher sanctions at Warsaw Security Forum.
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Poland has actively supported Ukraine since the 2022 Russian invasion and accuses Moscow of carrying out hybrid war actions.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday called on “the entire West” to be firmer towards President Vladimir Putin’s Russia which “is fighting for domination”. “This is the moment when the entire West – Europe, the United States – must show Russia and Putin its determination to pursue a policy of containing Russia with even firmer means,” he declared at the Warsaw Security Forum, referring to a policy of sanctions.
“If Ukraine fights, it is for its survival,” while Russia “fights for domination,” he added. “This is why I am going to go to Brussels to convince all our European partners to seriously consider strengthening sanctions against Russia,” he added, ahead of a summit to be held later this week.
“We remember very well how Nazi propaganda tried to convince Europe”
Poland - a member of NATO and the EU, bordering Russia - has been a close ally of Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, providing crucial military and humanitarian aid. She has repeatedly accused Russia of sabotage and hybrid warfare on Polish soil, accusations Moscow rejects.
In September, Donald Tusk warned that Russia's plans for its war in Ukraine included "hybrid" drone and missile strikes against kyiv's allies, including Warsaw. The centrist and pro-European prime minister has repeatedly said that Poland will remain an unwavering ally of Ukraine, and he called for solidarity from other Western countries.
His statement on Monday comes after US President Donald Trump announced an energy truce between the two warring countries without giving details, sparking astonishment in kyiv and silence from Moscow. “We in Poland remember very well how Nazi propaganda tried to convince Europe and the world that Poland was responsible for German aggression,” he said, stressing that, “today we hear exactly the same thing in Moscow, and unfortunately, more and more often in some of our capitals.”
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Donald Tusk will go to Brussels to demand the strengthening of sanctions
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