Polish PM to demand full western mobilization to aid Ukraine
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Getty Images)
Poland will demand full mobilization of the West to help Ukraine. Only a united West can help win the war, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says in a speech in the Sejm before a vote to confirm his government.
"We will demand full mobilization of the West to help Ukraine. I can no longer listen to politicians who say they are tired of the situation in Ukraine. They tell President Zelenskyy that they are tired of the situation," he says.
Tusk compared the attack on Ukraine to "an attack on all of us."
"We also need to speak with one voice about Ukraine. This should also unite us," he added, adding that he would soon be traveling to Brussels, where he hopes to convince allies to defend democratic values and Ukraine from Russian aggression.
The politician insists that only a united West can help Ukraine win the fight for democratic values.
"By some strange coincidence, politicians who attack the foundations of democracy are anti-Ukrainian. I want Ukraine to be democratic and rule of law, like Western countries. And they are now fighting for it," he states.
Poland's interests
Tusk's statements about Poland's interests in the context of assistance to Ukraine can be singled out as a separate item.
"We will protect Polish interests in relations with every neighbor of Poland. But we must remember what the war is about. That Ukrainians are fighting for something extremely important, that their struggle began on the Maidan, that they are fighting to join the common Western world," he says.
Tusk added that Poland's assistance to Ukraine is crucial, but at the same time, the Poles "must remain persistent when it comes to the interests of Polish farmers, in particular."
Tusk's premiership
Donald Tusk became the new prime minister of Poland after the government of Mateusz Morawiecki failed to win a vote of confidence. Tusk has previously held this position and was twice president of the European Council. The politician supports Ukraine, advocates for increased military aid, and promises to solve the problem of border blockades "immediately."
Just recently, Tusk criticized Morawiecki's government for blocking the border with Ukraine, saying that Polish politicians "cynically played the Ukrainian card."
