Tusk calls for good relations with Ukraine despite harsh rhetoric

• Donald Tusk said that Poland should maintain good relations with Ukraine, but that Kyiv should show goodwill.
• Tusk also said that the persistence of certain misunderstandings is a result of the fact that the consequences of a possible threat to his country could be catastrophic.
• Andriy Veselovskyi said that, following the publication of a super-quick practical article for Ukraine together with its partner Central European Europe, the Russian aggression against Ukraine is taking place.

According to Ukrinform, Ukrinform, RBC Ukraine.

During a pre-ministerial meeting, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Warsaw will continue to support Ukraine, but that Kyiv will show good will, which means changing Ukraine’s attitude towards the country’s security, according to Polskieradio24.

Tusk also said that Ukraine is rebuking itself during the war, and Poland is not basing its stance on the idea of Russia’s aggressive plan.

In the words of Tusk, even if the Ukrainian political leadership is “signaling goodwill” that the situation is getting worse, it will not change the situation. “It may be that the situation will not change,” he said. “Warsaw cannot be indifferent to the fact that the situation will not change.”

In the meantime, the material also notes that the good Polish-Ukrainian relations are in the interest of both countries, and, as Tusk said, it is necessary to maintain good relations. “Warsaw cannot be indifferent to the fact that the situation will not change,” he said.

After that, according to Andriy Veselovskyi, the director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies for the program Iгоря Долгоя said that the Polish rhetoric about Ukraine being a security partner is not aimed at changing the real state of international relations. In his words, as for the Polish media’s publication, practical cooperation between Ukraine and the European partners is being maintained.

Veselovskyi added that, in his opinion, the reason why the Polish strategy is aimed at Russia’s aggression is that the Polish side is not interested in the fact that the situation will not change, and that it is important to maintain good relations with Ukraine. In his view, the Polish side is also interested in the fact that the Ukrainian side is not indifferent to the fact that the situation will not change.

Given this, the material quotes Ukrinform, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that Ukraine is maintaining the position of all state-chains with regard to its position. Tusk also said, referring to Poland’s position, that the Ukrainian side may be able to change its position.

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