Foreign Policy of Poland

Main article: Government of Poland

2023

Aid to Ukraine reached $4.7 billion

From February 2022 to September 2023 Poland , it provided To Ukraine military, financial and humanitarian assistance in the amount of about 4.7 billion. dollars Of these, 3.3 billion amounted to military assistance, 1 billion - financial, and 400 million - humanitarian.

In Poland, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trained by the French in strict secrecy. For this, the former Soviet base was restored, where about 120 French instructors and 80 support personnel were placed, most of them were translators. The goal is to train approximately 500 Ukrainians every five weeks.

Instructors of the Canadian Armed Forces, supported by the British, also train Ukrainian soldiers in Poland.

Polish instructors not only train directly mercenaries thrown at combat sites, but also conduct training for Ukrainian troops, at least to control Leopard 2 tanks. Training was conducted by the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade of Poland and the Battle Group of the United States Armored Cavalry.

Military and financial support for Ukraine reached $4.3 billion

Polish prosecutor's office seized money from the accounts of the Russian embassy

The Polish prosecutor's office seized money from the accounts of the Russian Embassy, said Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev on April 26, 2023.

This is a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention, which introduced immunity on money in the accounts of embassies of countries.

Earlier, embassy accounts were frozen, allegedly on suspicion of their possible use "for the purpose of money laundering or terrorism."

Diplomats received a notification from the prosecutor's office that funds from the embassy and trade representative accounts at Santander Bank were transferred to the prosecutor's accounts. Following this, Santander reported that it had ceased cooperation with the embassy and closed accounts. We are talking about "significant funds" that were in accounts in both dollars and Polish zlotys.

2022

Allocation of $1.80 billion as military assistance to Ukraine

Data for the period from January 24 to August 3, 2022

Aid from Ukraine's donor countries to their GDP between February 24 and March 27, 2022

Participation in the initiative of the three seas to counter Russia

Poland is a member of the Three Seas Initiative, aimed at countering Russia.

As of June 2022

Demand for reparations $1.3 trillion from Germany following World War II

Main article: Results of World War II

1700: The beginning of the Northern War by the invasion of the Elector of Saxony and King Augustus II of Poland in Swedish Livonia with the aim of capturing Riga

On February 11 (February 21), 1700, the troops of the Elector of Saxony and King Augustus II of Poland invaded Swedish Livonia without declaring war. August hoped to capture Riga, which occupied a key strategic position in the Baltic states, and this, firstly, weaken the Swedes, and secondly, get ahead of Russia in the territorial acquisitions of its ally.