Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk thanked Poland for support and solidarity.
Thus, the resolution states that Poland was the first country to acknowledge the independence of Ukraine.
The document reads, “Today when Ukraine faces mortal danger ‒ a threat of another intervention ‒ it is especially important that the authorities of Poland provide the neighbor with reliable support. Without independent Ukraine there’s no safe Poland.”
According to the resolution, the Polish Senate approves political and financial aid provided by NATO member-states, weapons and soldiers they send to Ukraine to strengthen the defense capability of the Ukrainian army and train Ukrainian soldiers.
The senators have noted that any actions aimed at restraining the aggressor greatly improve the morale of the Ukrainian nation.
They have emphasized that Russia has amassed a large army with tanks, heavy artillery, warships and military aircraft on borders with Ukraine. “The purpose of further escalation is to destabilize Europe. Such a situation may lead to an armed conflict, the largest since the time of the Second World War,” the Polish lawmakers stressed.
The resolution underscores that in 1994 the United States, Russia and Great Britain pledged to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and refrain from threatening its independence with military force in exchange for its consent to give up its nuclear weapons.
“Ukraine has honored its commitments. But in 2014, Russia attacked Ukraine, annexed Crimea and now controls separatists in Donbas,” the senators noted and stressed that today Ukraine is supported by NATO, the European Union and the United States.
The Senate of Poland believes that a dialog with the Russian Federation is possible. “However, the dialog cannot be held amidst military blackmailing, the breach of a principle of inviolability of borders in Europe and hybrid attacks at democratic institutions.” The withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine’s borders is a condition for such a dialog, the Polish senators stressed.
For his part, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba stressed the importance of current developments in Ukraine for the entire world.
“When someone threatens us, the world leaders come to us and stand shoulder to shoulder with us. They make decisions to support their visits with practical aid. Perhaps, the leadership of the Russian Federation believed that Ukraine would be left alone. But it’s happened to be the other way around. It is Russia that has ended up alone despite its armies and threats. We have succeeded in mobilizing the support against Russia’s aggression, the largest since 2014. The strategy of intimidation does not work. The Russian Federation has lost this round. And we will continue growing stronger,” Kuleba said.
According to the minister, the United States, Great Britain, Poland and the Czech Republic have supplied Ukraine with state-of-the-art weapons. The official London has allocated 88 million pounds of additional funding to boost the Ukrainian economy and the Netherlands has declared its readiness to provide new trade and investments opportunities. Nine countries of Central and Eastern Europe are expected to make decisions on military aid to Ukraine.
Ukraine was visited last week by prime ministers of Poland, Great Britain and the Netherlands as well as the President of Turkey. The President of France, the Foreign Minister of Germany and foreign ministers of some countries of the European Union will come to Ukraine this week.
The newspaper Voice of Ukraine
