Participation of Poland in peacekeeping mission of Ukraine

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and French President Emmanuel Macron said there are no plans to send Polish troops to Ukraine. The idea could be aimed at creating additional security guarantees for Ukraine.

They said this during a joint press conference on Thursday, December 12, as Polsat News reports.

Poland's official position on sending its troops to Ukraine

Tusk emphasized that decisions on Poland's actions are made exclusively in Warsaw.

"At the moment, we are not planning such actions," the Prime Minister said, striving for ending speculation on this matter.

France's position on sending Polish troops to Ukraine

Macron confirmed that Ukraine's security is an integral part of Europe's security. He emphasized that Kyiv must independently determine its security priorities. The French leader also supported the need to provide Ukraine with security guarantees to counter a possible threat from Russia.

Sending Polish troops to Ukraine — what is known

Previously, the Polish edition of Rzeczpospolita reported that Macron was discussing a potential European peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

Marshal of the lower house of the Polish parliament, Szymon Hołownia, said that Poland's participation in a peacekeeping mission is possible only within NATO. According to him, such a format would provide reliable international guarantees and avoid unilateral decisions.

Previously, we reported that a scandal broke out at a Christmas market in the Polish city of Szczecin. The cause of the conflict was that pro-Russian nuns from Belarus worked in one of the stalls.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also visited the section of the border with Russia where the "Eastern Shield" fortifications were built. He emphasized that he felt safe.