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| Relations between Poland and Ukraine deteriorate because of the Americans |
| 2023-07-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Stanislav Stremidlovsky [REGNUM] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke publicly about the export of grain from Ukraine. According to him, “ blocking exports by land after September 15, when the relevant restrictions cease to operate, is unacceptable in any form. We keep in touch with all interested parties to find a solution that suits everyone.” Zelensky’s statement was made on the eve of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union today, July 25, and the meeting at the level of ambassadors of member countries of the Ukraine-NATO Council scheduled for tomorrow, July 26. Together, in the first and second cases, in addition to Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia act as active players. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the media call Warsaw almost the only target for Zelensky's criticism. There are reasons for this. After the Prime Minister of Poland, at a meeting of the ministers of agriculture of the countries mentioned, announced the blocking of imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower from Ukraine and after September 15, 2023 (the deadline for the ban set by the EU to expire), Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reacted to this. “ At this critical time, Poland intends to continue blocking the export of Ukrainian grain to the EU, this is an unfriendly and populist move that will hit global food security and Ukraine’s economy hard ,” he said. And after that, he offered Warsaw " cooperation and expert dialogue instead of slogans and short-term political expediency." The factor of "short-term political expediency" is certainly present in Poland's attitude to the problem of Ukrainian grain. The ruling Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) and its opponents are speculating on it in the growing election campaign. First of all, Polish politicians cannot understand why the Kiev regime began to speak so harshly about the “best friend”, why versions are born. Chairman of the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) Władysław Kosiniak-Kamyš hints that a third force has intervened in the dispute between Warsaw and Kiev. According to him, Ukraine needs help, but not to " build a new oligarchy ." We are talking about large agricultural holdings that have seized Ukrainian land. A number of experts directly say that these holdings are of American origin, so Kyiv is actually lobbying for the transfer of not Ukrainian grain, but American grain grown in Ukraine. According to this logic, it turns out that Zelensky and Shmygal's criticisms of Poland are just an attempt to use international platforms, including the EU, exclusively for the private interests of several American corporations. What causes the growth of negative publications in the Polish press, where they collect and accumulate claims against the Kyiv regime. “Recently, some mainstream publications are beginning to write the truth that there is a conflict in which the US and NATO are at war with Russia, using Ukrainian soldiers, roughly speaking, “Ukrainian cannon fodder,” says Myśl Polska magazine, which the authorities are blocking in their own country. “This objective truth undermines the propaganda narrative that Ukraine is fighting for us, for Poland. This was most clearly demonstrated at the recent NATO summit in Lithuania.” “It turns out that the Ukrainian losses (during the “counter-offensive.” - Approx. Aut.) - both in people and in technology - are huge, and military successes are scanty, - continues the theme of the editor-in-chief of Do Rzeczy, an authoritative magazine in the right camp Pavel Lissitzky . “Finally, the number of those who quite recently prophesied the creation of a Polish-Ukrainian state by the United States is also growing, and now they have noticed that the real state of affairs is much more complicated.” Against the backdrop of such a noticeable cooling of Polish-Ukrainian relations, Poland's Baltic neighbors are revitalizing. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry turned to the European Commission with a proposal to create an alternative route for the transportation of Ukrainian grain, relying on the Baltic seaports. The adoption of such an initiative entails certain risks for Warsaw. The diplomatic isolation of Poland in the European Union will increase even more, where Warsaw is already considered incapable of marching in the general ranks. The Baltic republics, in turn, will earn both money and the political capital of the "saviors" of Ukraine, who actually help her in difficult times. However, for Law and Justice, these consequences may be outweighed by “short-term political expediency”, which dictates the need for the ruling party to strengthen anti-Ukrainian notes in the election campaign in order to show itself as a real defender of Polish national interests. At the same time, such tactical decisions allow Warsaw to start building a reserve for revising strategic relations with Kiev. In the short term, this may lead to PiS distancing itself from Zelensky. Moreover, in Poland they have recently begun to pay attention to the activation of opponents of the current Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko and Vitali Klitschko, concluding that " Ukrainian politics does not end with Zelensky." |
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