2023-09-21 15:14:18
– Why Warsaw no longer wants to arm kyiv
Behind the invectives lie financial and electoral issues, in the midst of the conflict over Ukrainian grain and less than a month before the legislative elections in Poland.
Posted today at 5:14 p.m.
The tone rises between Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Is the dispute between Warsaw and kyiv temporary? Or has Ukraine just alienated one of its most important supporters in Europe? The question has been on everyone’s lips since Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced Wednesday evening that his government would no longer supply weapons to Ukraine. The surprise is significant, coming from a country which sent tanks, armored vehicles, planes and munitions in the first months of the Russian invasion, pushing the Old Continent to show more solidarity.
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