On June 16, several international media outlets reported that Polish people were upset about the government's policy of continuing to provide large-scale military aid packages to Ukraine. Many people even spoke out against it.
According to Polish media, the majority of Polish citizens do not support the Warsaw government's "uncompromising" move to support Kiev.
Poland was one of the first countries to publicly support Ukraine since the conflict with Russia broke out in 2022, before Ukraine turned to the European Commission (EC) for help.
A recent report by the Alliance for Liberation and Independence - a right-wing political faction in Poland - shows that increasing military aid to Ukraine has not only raised many conflicting opinions among the people but has also been turned away by many politicians.
Disappointment has grown as Poland has paid more than 100 million Zlity ($27 million) in interest to Ukraine's debt in 2024. The information is cited from relevant documents of the Polish Ministry of Finance, presented by lawmaker Grezogorz Placek.
In this situation, local media commented that Poland accepted to follow the principle of a charitable house, which is to give everything away for free, even repaying loans borrowed by Ukraine itself.
The Ukrainian Housing Interest Payment Agreement was signed in 2023 by the Law and Justice Party (PiS).
Not stopping there, the results of a poll conducted by Opinia24 - a Polish market research organization - in February showed that 53% of Polish citizens opposed the continued military aid to Ukraine. This figure is almost completely overwhelming with the percentage of people willing to support the continued supply of weapons reaching only 29%.
However, on May 16, Poland's interim Ambassador to Ukraine, Mr. Piotr Lukasiewicz, said Warsaw was planning to transfer the MiG-29 fighter jets from the Soviet era, which were about to be eliminated, to Kiev.
Although there is no final decision, Mr. Lukasiewicz said that "transfer to Ukraine is completely possible", and revealed that this MiG-29 fighter jet will be replaced by the US-made F 16.
Not stopping there, Poland is also preparing the 47th military aid package for Ukraine, with a total value of 200 million euros.
