The spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs of Ukraine Heorhiy Tychyj assessed on 8 September that the most tense phase of relations with Poland is already behind us. Kiev besides points to an increase in attacks against Ukrainian citizens and praises the reaction of Polish police. For Poland, the safety of residents and the defence of the state's own right without cultural hostility are at stake.
Kiev talks about falling tension
Heorhij Tychyj presented the evaluation of Polish-Ukrainian relations during the Tuesday briefing. According to Interia, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian abroad Ministry felt that the most critical phase of tension had passed. At the same time, he expressed concern about incidents directed at Ukrainian citizens surviving in Poland.
The diplomat positively assessed the actions of the Polish police. He besides called on Ukrainian citizens to contact Polish law enforcement authorities and Ukrainian consuls in the event of aggression. It's the right way. force must face the reaction of the law, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator and the victim.
Attacks are a real problem, reliable data is needed
ACLED organization, which runs its own base of political events and violence, reported 13 physical attacks on Ukrainian citizens in Poland in 2026. According to this database, it was almost twice as much as in the full 2025, erstwhile 1 specified case was recorded in 2024. ACLED besides points out that numbers stay comparatively small. This is not a full statistic of all crimes conducted by the Polish police, but a measurement of a clear trend that the state should take seriously.
Every robbery is compatible with the order of the Republic and the safety of people surviving in its territory. However, specified acts must not be utilized to stigmatize the full Polish society. The circumstantial perpetrator is responding. The task of police and courts is to establish facts, legal qualifications and guilt in all case.
Political dispute does not justify violence
The tension between Warsaw and Kiev besides has a political and historical dimension. The survey published in early September showed that 46 percent of Poles misjudge relations with Ukraine. This consequence must not be disposed of by accusing the public of hostility. This is simply a sign of a failure of trust that is affected by disputes about help, reciprocity and historical memory.
Poles have all right to request the fact about the genocide in Volyn, worthy of commemorating the victims and rejecting the worship of CNS and UPA. Memory of Blood Sunday is not an act of resentment towards contemporary Ukrainians. It is simply a work to murdered Poles. A tough dispute with Kiev's historical policy does not give anyone the right to attack a man on the street due to his origin.
A common opponent does not delete Polish interests
The Ukrainian MFA has been pointing to Russian attempts to break the cooperation of both countries for months. In July, Deputy Minister Alexander Mischenko told Polish chargé d'affaires Piotr Łukasiewicz about the request to keep unity, trust and cooperation against Russian destabilisation. The subject of disinformation is serious, which is besides evidenced by reports of Russian information operations aimed at Polish-Ukrainian relations.
However, this cannot become a convenient description glued to all Polish criticism. Poland's right state requires 2 things at the same time: stopping Russian aggression and hard enforcement of its own interests towards Kiev. The safety of Ukrainian citizens in Poland is governed by Polish law. National memory, aid costs and principles of cooperation stay the subject of a sovereign Polish debate.
Tychy's words about the end of the severest phase of the crisis are good news if a meaningful dialog follows. Sustainable improvement will not arise from silence. safety in the streets, historical fact and reciprocity between countries are needed.
Source: Interia Events, Ministry of abroad Affairs of Ukraine, ACLED.
Source: Interia Events
