A Hot Welcome
MFA spokesperson Paweł Wroński reported that during his visit to Kiev Radosław Sikorski will meet with leading Ukrainian politicians and representatives of Western countries. The head of Polish diplomacy arrived at the Ukrainian capital on Friday morning, where he was welcomed by the Ukrainian abroad Minister Andrii Sybiha at 1 of the stations.
I was pleased to welcome Radek Sikorski and Anne Applebaum at the Kiev railway station this morning. Faced with the escalation of Russia's panic against Ukraine and provocation against Poland, we stand together, shoulder to shoulder – Sybiha wrote on his profile on platform X.
The head of the Ukrainian MFA announced that the key Ukrainian-Polish talks on common security, the integration of Ukraine with the EU and NATO and the force on Moscow will be held in Kiev. He besides thanked Poland for its support and leadership.
Sikorski criticizes Trump's words
Before the Polish embassy, Sikorski stressed that the intrusion of Russian drones into the Polish airspace was not accidental, thus referring to the words of US president Donald Trump, who suggested that the incidental might have been the consequence of a mistake.
On the night that 19 Russian drones flew over Poland, 400, plus 40 rockets, flew over Ukraine. They weren't mistakes. Sikorski judged.
Like Radosław Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister besides referred to Donald Trump's statement. According to Tusk:
We would like the drone attack on Poland to be a mistake. But he wasn't. And we know that.
Zapad-2025 maneuvers
On the same day in Belarus, the Russian-Belarusian Zapad-25 exercises began, involving about 12,000 soldiers, which will take place in the fields in both countries and in the Baltic Sea and Barents. Russia underlines that the aim is to make military command and cooperation capabilities, and Belarus to check readiness to defend the State of the Union. This was Zapad's first maneuver since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and in fear of provocation Poland closed the border with Belarus.
