– How did it happen that Poland, which is 1 of the most anti-Russian countries in the world, became in the eyes of the Ukrainians, whom we have been helping a small over the past 1.5 years, an ally of Putin? – with this question he started his youtube column co-chairing the Confederation of Sławomir Mentzen.
In the beginning, he recalled how 1.5 years ago, erstwhile the war broke out, “Poles massively threw themselves into helping Ukraine”.
– And it was a perfectly reasonable and reasonable action. Both in terms of humanitarian, human and Polish interest.
– We did not aid Ukraine, at least some, due to the fact that we love Ukraine very much, just due to the fact that military aid to Ukraine, military aid to transit arms east, organizing aid among Western countries, makes Ukraine have a better chance to defend itself against Russia. And this was crucial for the Polish national interest. We do not want Russian troops behind Rzeszów or Lublin. We'd alternatively border Ukraine than Russia. The farther from the borders with Russia, the better.
Sławomir Mentzen besides recalled the self-sacrifice of average Poles, who helped people who were seeking shelter, yet escaped from a war-ridden country.
– Poles turned out to be highly generous, amazing charity. They've taken in immense numbers of Ukrainians to their homes. And Poles completely passed the test of mercy here.
What happened, however, made Polish politicians “start believing in any dreams, fantasies that there is any large Polish-Ukrainian relationship here”.
– That we have no reason to aid Ukraine, due to the fact that it is in our interest only that we like the Ukrainians so much, is between our peoples so much sympathy that we are morally bound. If we're so good friends, who wouldn't aid a friend at a tough time?
– specified reasoning is incorrect and led to hysteria at any point," commented the Co-Chair of the Confederate, reminding a number of ideas of Polish politicians from the camp of power, including the thought of pushing us straight into war.
On the another hand, we had a completely different approach from Ukraine. An approach completely lacking specified an emotional, naive knowing of politics and relations between countries. And about this, about these differences, about what Polish-Ukrainian relations looked like, and what these relations should look like, where for Polish politicians the interests of Poland should be in the first place, is the full program “Trade War with Ukraine”.
