Ukraine must be accepted into NATO as soon as possible . This cannot happen when the country is at war. This was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda in an interview with the Washington Times, during the NATO summit.
Poland's president rejected the idea of any ceasefire agreement that would require Ukraine to cede territory to Moscow.
Russia controls and has annexed about 20% of the territory of Ukraine. He stressed that Poland, given its proximity to the conflict, knows better than any other European country the consequences if Russia is allowed to permanently hold Crimea, part of the Donetsk region or any other part of sovereign Ukrainian territory.
The Polish president has warned that the threat posed by Vladimir Putin is at least as dangerous as Soviet Russia at the height of the Cold War. Putin's Russia could be more brutal and more decisive than Soviet Russia, he noted.
If there is someone who wants to give Russia a piece of Ukrainian land and is not Ukrainian, let him give a piece of his land to Russia, because it is easy to give a piece of land to someone else, Duda pointed out. According to him, this war should end an hour sooner, but it should not end with a victory for Russia, because that means there will be another war.
The Polish president is adamant that Russian imperialism must be condemned and Russia must be defeated in Ukraine.