The Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs rejected Russian threats on 4 October and announced further support for Ukraine. Polish diplomatic mission will stay in Kiev. This means that the Kremlin will not force a change in the policy of Warsaw, and the Polish state will hold its presence where our safety interests are besides important.
Warsaw responds to Kremlin pressure
The Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs announced on Sunday 4 October that Poland would proceed to support Ukraine despite threats expressed the day before by Russia. The hotel transferred its position to platform X. How stated Defence24, Polish diplomatic mission will besides stay in Kiev.
The answer of Warsaw is needed due to the fact that a serious state cannot form abroad policy under the dictate of Russian warnings. The Kremlin wants the threat itself to rise the cost of decisions made by its neighbours. The concession would encourage Moscow to further pressure.
Polish facility remains in Kiev
Maintaining the diplomatic mission is applicable and political. The facility provides the Polish State with a direct presence in the capital of the war country, allows to keep channels of contact and shows that Russian force does not paralyze Polish diplomacy. Prior reports of possible Preparation of embassies for evacuation from Kievwhich the Ukrainian MFA denied.
The decision to stay must go hand in hand with a cool hazard assessment and adequate staff security. State courage is not about disregarding risks. It involves managing risks and not giving veto rights to the opponent against their own actions. Polish diplomatic presence should besides service the efficient flow of information, the assessment of the situation on the ground and the protection of circumstantial interests of the Republic. Symbolism alone is not enough. The facility is to be a state tool.
Ukraine's support is in Poland's interest
Poland does not support Ukraine with sentimentalism. Russian aggression moves the threat to the west, hits the safety order of our part of Europe and serves to rebuild the Kremlin's dominance zone. The defence of Ukrainian sovereignty binds Russian forces distant from the Polish border. It's a hard national interest bill.
It does not mean giving up Polish historical claims or agreeing to all decision of Kiev. Warsaw has a work to conduct conditional policy: to aid where it strengthens the safety of Poland, and at the same time powerfully defend the fact about the Volyn massacre, the interests of Polish farmers and the subjectivity of our country. An alliance against a Russian threat does not require political naivety.
Latest information about Ukraine recovered 140 square kilometresThey remind us that war remains a surviving military process, not a frozen dispute. Poland must so combine its neighbour's support with the expansion of its own army, civilian defence and infrastructure resilience. No declarations will replace national defence capabilities.
Tough answer, sober politics
The MFA Communication sets the right border: Warsaw, not Moscow, decides on Polish politics. Further actions should be assessed on 1 criterion, i.e. their usefulness for the safety of the Republic of Poland and Poles.
Russia will check the coherence of the countries supporting Ukraine, utilizing threats, information force and an effort to make fear. The Polish answer must stay calm and firm. Sovereignty begins where individual else's threat ceases to control our decision.
Source: Defence24
Source: Defence24
