Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has decided that Poland will send $100 million this year to help bridge its funding gap, but already some Polish politicians are pointing out that Poland is running a serious deficit. Budget shortfalls are costing Poles big time, including a lack of funding for hospitals.
Sikorski is well known for his extreme pro-war positions and unrelenting support for Ukraine.
“From the budget I have at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I intend to transfer $100 million before the end of the year for military aid to Ukraine under the PURL program, which we use to purchase American weapons,” Sikorski said in Brussels on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, writes Do Rzeczy.
Right-wing Confederation politicians are calling on Sikorski to reverse this decision. Sławomir Menzten, the co-chairman of the Confederation and the president of New Hope, slammed Sikorski for funding a corrupt Ukraine while Poles don’t have proper medical care.
“Zelensky’s closest associates stole $100 million, and right after that Sikorski wants to donate $100 million to Ukraine. Maybe Ukrainians should just stop stealing? Then we won’t have to help them. Polish taxpayers’ money should be spent on the needs of Poles, not on being stolen in Ukraine. Poland has no money for Polish hospitals, but can we afford to finance Ukraine?” Menzten said, as cited by Do Rzeczy.
Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, a member of the European Parliament for Confederation, also weighed in.
“About a dozen days ago, one of the biggest corruption scandals in Ukraine broke out. President Zelensky’s closest associates and friends are involved, and one of them even fled to Israel through Poland. The scandal reaches the highest levels of government, which is capable of embezzling significant funds from the aid provided to them, and a few months ago, Zelensky himself signed a law (later withdrawn) eliminating the independence of anti-corruption services. One big cesspool,” the MEP wrote on X.
“That’s why I appealed for this reason, and for Poland’s record budget deficit, to suspend financial aid to Ukraine from Polish taxpayers’ money, including ending this absurd interest payment on the Ukrainian loan that runs until 2068!” the Confederation MEP continued.
“The entire Confederation submitted such a draft resolution to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. And what did the government do? They are pumping millions more into Ukraine, without any guarantees, no conditions, nothing!” Zajączkowska-Hernik pointed out.
Notably, the latest tranche in funding from Poland that Sikorski is citing, $100 million, is exactly the same figure reportedly robbed by Zelensky’s corrupt cronies in Ukraine.
“Will we ever come to our senses in this complete and unbridled submission to giving everything and receiving nothing in return? We have given them aid worth several percent of GDP, well over 100 billion złoty (€24 billion), enormous military, humanitarian, logistical aid, everything. Maybe it’s high time we started pursuing an assertive transactional policy based on Polish national interests? Let’s stop being suckers! Either we start respecting each other, or no one will respect us,” she concludes.
The Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program aims to help European leaders purchase American weapons and ammunition for Ukraine in a war with Russia. Since Trump took office, Washington has changed its support for Kyiv by ceasing direct funding for some weapons and military equipment.
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