The Polish Defense Ministry has dismissed reports suggesting the country had frozen military aid to Ukraine. This response comes amid claims by certain Ukrainian media that the Lviv Regional Council supported an initiative that coincided with Poland’s preparations to send a new aid package to Ukraine, allegedly leading to a halt in a substantial military support package.
In a statement, officials confirmed that the information circulating about the suspension of aid is false.
Context
- On October 20, the Lviv Regional Council voted to declare 2027 as the “Year of Roman Shukhevych, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and Oleg Olzhych,” according to local media outlet Lvivska Poshta. The Facebook post referenced by the publication is currently unavailable. Previously, on July 6, the council announced this proposal.
- Following the emergence of this information, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski stated that the initiator of the idea, Lviv council member Svyatoslav Sheremet, could potentially be placed on a blacklist of undesirable individuals in Poland.
- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry criticized the council’s decision, emphasizing that it was made at the regional level without consultations with diplomats or central government authorities. The ministry pointed out that the decision, which touches on sensitive historical matters in bilateral relations, is counterproductive to ongoing efforts to enhance Ukrainian-Polish relations amid the full-scale Russian aggression and unprecedented security threats to both countries and the region as a whole.
- Subsequently, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Bosacki stated in an interview with Polsat News that Kyiv assured Warsaw that the decision would not take effect.
