{"id":4755,"date":"2025-06-05T15:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euromaidan-warszawa.org\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:04:50","slug":"appeal-for-polish-ukrainian-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euromaidan-warszawa.org\/en\/2025\/06\/05\/appeal-for-polish-ukrainian-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"APPEAL FOR POLISH-UKRAINIAN SOLIDARITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Prime Minister,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the second consecutive year, Ukraine continues to resist Russia\u2019s full-scale aggression. This is a true war for the country\u2019s independence and for the lives of tens of millions of people. Russian aggressors are killing thousands of soldiers, carrying out mass atrocities against civilians, raping women, and murdering innocent children. Hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed, and millions of families have been driven from their homes. Every day, new mothers, wives, and children receive the news that their sons, husbands, and fathers have died at the front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each day, hundreds of missiles, artillery shells, and drones strike Ukrainian homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Every day, lives are lost, and homes destroyed\u2014people who simply want to live in peace on their land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This war is not a television drama. It is ruins, graves, cemeteries, pain, tears, and screams. Through the extraordinary heroism, sacrifice, and courage of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian defenders, the barbaric invasion has been halted and some occupied territories liberated. But not all. More time, effort, and sacrifice will be required to break the teeth of Russian chauvinism and imperialism, to block its road to Kyiv\u2014and to Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine fights thanks to the massive support of its neighbors. The assistance provided by Poland\u2014by both its government and society\u2014has been of tremendous importance. Fighting and suffering Ukraine has expressed its deep gratitude to Poland on many occasions. The help given by the Polish people was not symbolic\u2014it was a strong and genuine outstretched hand: in the form of weapons, logistical support, large-scale humanitarian aid, political backing, and most touchingly\u2014millions of welcoming homes for millions of refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We built a foundation of goodwill and understanding\u2014a foundation of real solidarity that should serve as the bedrock of our shared future, as good neighbors, trusted partners, and future members of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet today, we are dismayed to witness the erosion of this solidarity. Poland is no longer a reliable partner for Ukraine. For over three months, border crossings with Ukraine\u2014critical arteries of the Ukrainian economy\u2014have been blocked. Thousands of Ukrainian drivers spent Christmas and New Year in long queues at the border. While their sons sat in freezing trenches, mothers tried to comfort crying children at festive tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polish government has blocked trade in agricultural products in defiance of EU agreements with Ukraine, imposing an indefinite embargo on Ukrainian produce, and has announced its intention to continue blocking trade in the future. The economic losses for both Ukraine and Poland amount to billions of euros. For Ukraine, this means fewer resources to fund the war\u2014and therefore less capacity to defend Poland from Russian aggression. Economic losses mean not only fewer holiday gifts for Ukrainian children, but also less food for families, and fewer weapons and munitions for the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real issues that need to be resolved urgently in the spirit of EU solidarity with Ukraine are now being weaponized by Russian influence agents in Poland. The current policies of the Polish government undermine trust in Poland\u2014one of Ukraine\u2019s key partners in its war with the aggressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We therefore appeal to you, Prime Minister: only genuine Polish-Ukrainian solidarity in the face of Russian fascism can protect us and our children from Russian missiles falling on Kyiv and Warsaw, from a future Bucha taking place in Pruszk\u00f3w or Wo\u0142omin. Poland and Ukraine need a solidarity that boldly invests\u2014despite today\u2019s difficulties and costs\u2014in the future of Polish-Ukrainian brotherhood and in Ukraine\u2019s victory over russian fascism. We demand immediate and concrete actions that will give real meaning to Polish-Ukrainian solidarity during this time of war with Russia. We demand: the unblocking of border crossings between Poland and Ukraine; a ban on any further blockades of these crossings, which constitute critical security infrastructure for Poland, Ukraine, and the EU; compliance by Poland with international agreements, including the EU\u2019s obligations regarding trade and transport with Ukraine; resolution of economic disputes in a way that reflects the interests of both sides and strengthens the social foundation of Polish-Ukrainian solidarity. We hope that the government of the Republic of Poland will become a strong advocate for Ukraine\u2019s EU membership\u2014which will help create a robust system of security and development for both our nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respectfully,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n