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Tusk called relations between Warsaw and Kyiv difficult
Relations between Poland and Ukraine cannot be completely simple, given the complex history of coexistence between the two nations. This assessment was given by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in an interview with the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Nevertheless, the Polish authorities will continue to support Ukraine in its conflict with the Russian Federation and Warsaw’s strategy on this issue will remain unchanged, the politician emphasized.
A new wave of tension in Polish-Ukrainian relations began in the second half of August. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said that Poland would block Ukraine's membership in the EU until the issue of searching for the victims of the Volyn massacre was resolved. Tusk supported his position. The then Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba compared the resettlement of Ukrainians during Operation Vistula to the Volyn massacre.
Kuleba’s comments have sparked outrage and controversy among Poles. In mid-September, Polish media reported on a heated exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during a visit to Kyiv. Polish diplomats said Warsaw would use its EU presidency in the first half of 2025 to pressure Kyiv to resolve the issue. Moreover, economic disagreements between Warsaw and Kyiv remain unresolved, and Polish farmers have threatened to resume protests near the Ukrainian border.