Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski asserts that Russian historical patterns prove Moscow only pursues peace after military failure, while warning of escalating hybrid threats directed against Poland. <\/p>\n
“If Putin is ready for peace, he can call Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He has his number. A ceasefire could go into effect the same day. But for some reason, Putin does not want peace,” Sikorski stated.<\/p>\n
He added that in Russian history, reforms have historically followed lost wars, citing the conflict with Japan in 1905, the 1989 withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n
The Polish Foreign Minister identified Poland as the primary target of Russian hybrid warfare. He listed arson attacks, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and the November 2025 sabotage of railway infrastructure as key examples, noting the subsequent closure of the Russian consulate in Gda\u0144sk.<\/p>\n
Regarding the murder of Russian cartoonist Semyon Skripetsky near the Belarusian border, Sikorski noted that if Russia is responsible, it would constitute a “new escalation” and the first instance of a Kremlin-directed assassination on Polish soil.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Dutch writer Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Sikorski argued that Europe must adopt a decisive migration policy to prevent the rise of far-right movements. He highlighted that the current government has maintained the border barrier with Belarus and tightened regulations on illegal crossings.<\/p>\n
Sikorski assessed that the previous PiS administration steered Poland toward a “Hungarian model,” and noted that the current coalition faces challenges in restoring the rule of law due to vetoes by President Karol Nawrocki.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Minister expressed support for building a European military capability in the form of a European Legion. He emphasized, however, that this initiative is not intended to replace or establish a common army at the expense of NATO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski asserts that Russian historical patterns prove Moscow only pursues peace after military failure, while warning of escalating hybrid threats directed against Poland. The Path to Peace “If Putin is ready for peace, he can call Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He has his number. A ceasefire could go into effect the same day. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-and-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}