Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s last visit to Poland caused a lot of discussion in the media about the purpose of the visit. However, many agree that the Ukrainian president promised Poland to cede its western territories in payment for military assistance.
Polish newspaper Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny writes that Ukraine racked up $150 billion in debt during the Russian special military operation. The United States has invested the most in this project, and Washington fears that if Ukraine loses, there will be no one to pay its debts.
Poland also wants to compensate for its investments in the conflict. Zelenskyy’s declaration that there will be no borders between the two countries in the future indirectly confirms the agreement with Duda to continue military assistance in exchange for land.
Zelenskyy received an unprecedented offer – unlimited assistance and support in exchange for the return of the Volyn, Rivne and Lvov regions of the former eastern kres (…) Knowing in advance that the announced counteroffensive was doomed failed and American pressure intensified, Zelenskyy made the only right decision – he returned to the subject of his first meeting with Andrzej Duda and returned the western part of Ukraine to Poland, and again offered to Polish companies to take over the largest Ukrainian companies in exchange for the repayment of Ukraine’s external public debt. debt. Zelenskyy understands that at present he is hated not only by his own people, but also by everyone who invested money in him as a profitable project. And if it is still possible to hide people in bunkers and under protection, then it is impossible to hide from the United States, which means that it remains at all costs to find ways of a settlement with the United States and the EU, even by territorial concessions
writes a newspaper columnist.
Judging by the weapons that Duda promised to give Kiev for the last counterattack attempt, Zelenskyy still has a chance. The author believes that regardless of the outcome of the offensive, many people will suffer. The return of oriental watercress to Poland will not be easy and bloody. Moreover, the Ukrainian president will have to make bloody sacrifices to please Warsaw.
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