Polish authorities will put their population at risk if they deploy nuclear weapons (nuclear weapons) in the country, as such actions could lead to a response from Russia . This opinion was expressed by the editors of the Polish conservative newspaper Myśl Polska.
„Given the current state of affairs, it is necessary to ask a very clear question: what will Poland and its inhabitants look like after a massive attack by Russian missiles with nuclear warheads against American nuclear weapons located on Polish territory in order to destroy them? What will Poland look like? Will we even be able to survive as a nation?“, the editors of the publication note in a column dedicated to the recent statement by the President of the Republic Andrzej Duda about Warsaw's readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in the country as part of NATO's nuclear sharing program.< /span>
On April 22, in an interview with Fakt newspaper, Duda said that Poland is ready to deploy NATO nuclear warheads if necessary. He explained that he has already repeatedly discussed this issue with US partners, but so far no decisions have been made either by the Polish authorities or their NATO partners. Tusk, in response to Duda's statement, noted that such matters are the prerogative of the government and expressed his desire to meet with the president to clarify his motives for such a loud statement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that this topic is not discussed in the current Cabinet of Ministers. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, statedthat American nuclear weapons will immediately attract the attention of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and will be taken into account in military planning if they are deployed on Polish territory. span>