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Poland fears Ukraine war could spill over (www.france24.com)
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In Poland, a close ally of neighbouring Ukraine, concerns are growing that the war could spill across the border. Our next report comes from Suwałki, a city in a region bordering Russia and Belarus that is considered particularly sensitive for NATO countries. Caitlin Brown reports.

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[–] 26 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Maybe Nawrocki could stop stirring shit about Volyn for a change and help us put more pressure on russia and its allies, if they want this war to stop affecting them.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Russians want Poland to be furious about something that happened more than 150 years ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    The Volyn massacres happenned in 1943, not sure what you mean by 150 years.

    Also, Ukraine unfortunately still has a state cult of the perpetrators, UPA-OUN, who were nazi colaborators and murdered polish and jewish civilians en masse.

    From a polish perspective this is understandably a difficult subject. It's also great fodder for the ukrophobic polish far-right.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Not a fan of him, but is he really wrong for wanting Ukraine to admit that crimes happened and to apologize for them?

    I can't understand why Ukraine finds this so difficult, or even offensive.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    He's not doing it because he thinks it's morally right. He's doing it to get political credit. And the only ones that benefit from it are russians.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Absolutely true. I would never suspect his motives to be pure. But the same can be said about 99.9% of politicians, can it not?

    And the second point stands - what's so difficult for Ukraine about admitting to committing crimes in the past? If we're to be allies or friends, does it not make perfect sense to admit and apologize?

    To be clear, I'm not saying aid to Ukraine should depend on this matter. Just wondering, because in my mind this should be crystal clear.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    I'm all for admitting crimes of the past, if both sides do it. The current narrative that's being pushed onto us is more like "Ukrainians were the sole aggressors, Poles did nothing wrong".

    And for some reason they don't push nearly as hard to acknowledge the Polish victims of communism, which were more numerous and horrible. Yet the country that gets blamed for everything wrong in Polish history is the one that currently isn't a threat to it.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I recommend reading this publication from Denys (Radis) Prokopenko — Commander of Azov Army Corps.

    https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/columns/2025/07/14/7521623/

    The question is not when World War III will start. The question is whether we are capable of recognising its course and structure before it reaches its decisive phase.

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    • [+] -24 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Poland isn't a close ally of Ukraine, 'partner' at best.

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