Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday.
– “From today, Poland is part of this major project … we agreed on the forms and frameworks of this cooperation,” Tusk said in a video posted on X.
– Tusk attended a summit on Friday of a new regional grouping of eight Carpathian countries, held in western Ukraine and launched by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
– Ukraine and nine European countries announced in July an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the US Patriot system.
– Tusk told a press conference at the summit that Poland has prepared a new “significant” donation package for Ukraine, without giving further detail.
– “I will be very consistent here. No one will change my opinion that Poland has to support Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression … History cannot divide us vis-a-vis Russia today,” Tusk said.
– After his bilateral meeting with Tusk at the summit, Zelenskiy thanked Poland for the new aid package.
– “Ukraine and Poland are strong neighbors, friends, and partners, and we have one common enemy,” he said on the Telegram app.