Andrzej Duda in New York Seth Wenig / AP
The Russian Invasion|The Grain Conflict
President Duda: Ukraine is acting like a drowning man
The rhetoric between Poland and Ukraine continues to harden. During a visit to New York, Polish President Andrzej Duda compared Ukraine to a person who is drowning and who is "holding on to everything they can".
- A person who is drowning is extremely dangerous, and is capable of drowning the rescuer, he says according to the Financial Times.
At the moment, the Polish-Ukrainian relationship is at rock bottom after Poland, together with Hungary and Slovakia, extended the import freeze of Ukrainian grain.
In his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some countries are only pretending to be in solidarity with Ukraine. Warsaw called the actions from Kyiv "injustice to Poland, which has supported Ukraine since the first days of the war".
Zelenskyj and Morawiecki in Warsaw, picture from April Michal Dyjuk / AP
Poland's Prime Minister on the grain dispute: Stops sending weapons to Ukraine
Poland will stop sending weapons to Ukraine, says Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in a television interview, according to the national news agency PAP.
- We will instead equip our own defense with modern weapons, he tells Polsat News.
The threat comes after the grain row with Kyiv escalated as Poland, Slovakia and Hungary stopped all imports of Ukrainian grain. According to government representatives in the countries, it is about protecting the domestic farmers.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Zelensky accused Poland of doing Moscow's business.
Mateusz Morawieck/Grain cultivation in Ukraine TT
Ukraine to Poland in the dispute: "Put feelings aside"
Ukraine urges Poland to put emotions aside in the grain dispute with Poland, Reuters reports. The Ukrainian ambassador in Warsaw was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned Kyiv in a statement against escalating the conflict further.
"The Ukrainian side has offered Poland a constructive way to resolve the grain issue," writes Oleg Nikolenko, spokesperson at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on Facebook.
Last week, Ukraine submitted a lawsuit to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Slovakia and Hungary over the countries' import ban on Ukrainian grain products. According to government representatives, it is about protecting the domestic farmers.
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