President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky found last wednesday Polandfor contacts with the country’s leadership, and Warsaw honored him Order of the Order of the White Eagle which is the highest honorary award in the country.

“You did not leave Ukraine. You were with us and we are grateful. Our relationship is historical […] Millions of Ukrainians found refuge in Poland and feel at home here […] I want to thank all the Polish people for all this,” Zelensky said in the presence of the President of Poland. Andrey Duda.

However, Zelensky is not the only one who appreciated the position of Poland. “During the war, Poland became a key stronghold in the West’s confrontation with Russia. In addition to hosting Ukrainian refugees, he has been a major conduit for aid and supplies for the Ukrainian side, a staunch supporter of Kyiv’s NATO and European Union initiatives, and a vocal critic of Western Europe’s soft approach to the Kremlin.Isaan Tarur writes for the Washington Post.

Poland’s defense spending is expected to affect 4% Polish GDP. Warsaw has already sent tanks Leopard in Poland, as well as fighters MiG-29, and significant in quantitative and qualitative terms, American and NATO forces and Western weapons systems are deployed within the borders of Poland. US Vice Admiral Stephen Bassam recently called Poland.pillar of regional security“.

“Under the threat of Russia” and against its background war in Ukraine“Poland’s Nationalist Government Feels JustifiedIsaan Tarur writes for the Washington Post.

“There is a sense of moral superiority that is very strong at the moment” as the Poles believe they were right about many things in the recent past (when they warned about the role of Russia and the dangers of dependence on Russian energy) and that those (Germans) et al. ) ignored them, and now they are being refuted, Piotr Buras, director of the Polish office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, told the New York Times.

Prior to the war in Ukraine, Poland’s right-wing government dominated international news mainly due to its conflict with Brussels over the rule of law, reforms in the Polish judiciary, and Poland’s perceived deficit of democracy. The top figures of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party have been among the staunchest critics of technocratic Brussels.

“In Europe, nothing can better protect the nations, their culture, their social, economic, political and military security than nation-states. All other systems are illusory or utopian.“, – said the Prime Minister of Poland. Mateusz Morawiecki last month, during a speech at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, in which he spoke out against the prospect of even greater European integration promoted by other European power centers…

As for the parliamentary elections that are expected in Poland next November, they – even if they lead to a change of power – will not change Warsaw’s pro-hostile/pro-Western stance towards Russia. On the contrary, they can further strengthen it.

According to the Washington Post