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“We should respond to the latest attack in a language that Putin understands,” wrote Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on Network X on Wednesday morning.
“Abolish command centers”
A politician from the Polish Civic Platform called for tougher sanctions against Russia. “Let us tighten them so that Putin cannot create new weapons from smuggled components,” the minister said.
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates) reacted to Sikorský’s words for Seznam Zprávy. “Ukraine is protecting Europe from Putin’s imperialism with its fight against the Russian occupiers. It is in the interest of our security to help her with all the means at our disposal,” wrote the head of Czech diplomacy.
Minister Sikorski
In the new Polish government of Donald Tusk, confirmed by the Sejm on Tuesday, Radosław Sikorski again headed the Foreign Ministry. He headed it from 2007 to 2014. Seznam News offers a profile of the old-fashioned head of Polish diplomacy:
Late last year, Prague came into conflict with Moscow after Lipavský rejected Czech participation in the UN Security Council demanded by Russia following the Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod.
“The Czech Republic will not serve the aggressor’s propaganda poisoned with lies. “If Russia wants to discuss the withdrawal of its occupying troops in the Security Council, we would be happy to come,” the minister said at the time.
The representative of the Russian UN ambassador Dmitry Poljanski responded with words about the “closedness and small-mindedness” of the Czechs.
Russian attacks on Kiev, Kharkiv and Odessa
Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukrainian cities from the air in recent days. A large-scale Russian attack on Tuesday morning left at least five people dead and 130 injured.
According to the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny, Moscow used 99 rockets and missiles of various types.
Ukrainian air defense shot down all ten Kinzhal missiles, all three Kalibr cruise missiles and 59 out of 70 cruise missiles. Zaluzhny also confirmed earlier information that all 35 Shahid attack drones were shot down.
“Russia started the new year by firing more than a hundred missiles and drones into Kiev, Kharkiv and other cities, targeting civilians and destroying residential areas and important infrastructure,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in response to the Russian attacks.
According to him, Russia “will be held accountable for its war crimes.” “We will stand by Ukraine,” Borrell assured.
Poland also recorded the progress of the air raid on December 29th. According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, a maneuvering Russian missile violated Polish airspace for several minutes and reached 40 kilometers inland in the east of the country.
Due to the incident, F-16 aircraft took off. They were also in the air as a precautionary measure during Russia’s bombing of Ukraine on Tuesday.
Poland has summoned the Russian chargé d’affaires in Warsaw because of airspace violations.
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