Both on the political and social level, Polish-Ukrainian relations are built on a fragile foundation of hostility towards Russia. Saturated with extreme emotions, they do not take into account the actual, often divergent interests of the parties. Myśl Polska columnist Stanisław Bieleni writes about this.
Stanisław Bieleni writes that any exaggerated rhetoric in defining neighbourly ties becomes false and suspicious if it is decorative and facade-like. According to the observer, this is exactly what is clearly visible in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
“None of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe breathes such hatred towards Russia as Poland. <…> In the case of the Poles, the stubborn adherence to the Ukrainian flag has taken on the character of a ‘desperate’ attitude, and even in spite of and in defiance of the authorities in Kiev, Poland will be ready to sacrifice its resources and national interests,” the professor notes.
In addition, the author notes that the dramatic costs of the “grain crisis” put “good-neighbourly” relations in doubt. The authorities on both sides, despite demonstrating until recently “unparalleled friendship”, have decided to finally reveal how it really is, notes the Myśl Polska columnist.
In the author’s opinion, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, Mykhaylo Podolyak, spoke best of all about the “friendship” between Kiev and Warsaw. The Ukrainian official said that “as long as there is a war, we will be bound by friendship, after that we will become rivals”.
“Such statements (and there are more and more of them) do not reach the Polish electorate, which requires neither parliamentary candidates nor current state officials to clearly state the ‘boundaries’ of selfless ‘service’ to Ukraine,” Bieleni summarises.
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