Poland is the sixth on the per GDP and deeply supportive of Ukraine’s victory to drive the Russian invaders out its territory.
Military commitments
3.000bn € (Rank: 7)
0.484% of GDP (Rank: 9)
Humanitarian commitments
0.377bn € (Rank: 8)
0.061% of GDP (Rank: 11)
Financial commitments
0.924bn € (Rank: 9)
0.149% of GDP (Rank: 6)
Video from Zelenskyy TG, in Kyiv, Text of From Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND POLAND
POLITICAL DIALOGUE
Political relations between Ukraine and Poland
On December 2, 1991, the Republic of Poland was the first in the world to officially recognize the state independence of Ukraine.
On January 8, 1992, diplomatic relations were established between the two states.
On May 18, 1992, the interstate Ukrainian-Polish Agreement on Good Neighborliness, Friendly Relations and Cooperation was signed.
The process of development of relations between Ukraine and the Republic of Poland can be conditionally divided into three periods:
1992-1993 – establishing contacts, “opening” Ukraine to the general public of the Polish political elite and Polish society, signing the first bilateral documents, mutual study of potential opportunities for cooperation;
1993-1999 – bringing bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership;
Since 1999 – s.d. – the development of strategic partnership between Ukraine and the Republic of Poland corresponds to the national interests of both states. Poland is an important ally of our country in international organizations and regional associations. As a member state of the EU and NATO, Poland consistently supports the European integration and Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Ukraine, constantly emphasizes the need to maintain an “open door” policy for new member states, one of the largest contributors to the OSCE SMM in Ukraine. Ukraine and Poland are actively cooperating on issues of energy security and diversification of energy supply sources, cyber security, military-technical and defense industries. There is a positive trend in increasing the volume of bilateral trade. Interregional cooperation is actively developing, as well as cooperation in the field of education, science, culture, and youth exchanges. In July 2020, Ukraine together with the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania formed a regional format – the “Lublin Triangle”. An example of successful cooperation between our countries is the activity of LITPOLUKRBRIG named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozky.
Since 2014, on all international platforms, the Republic of Poland has resolutely advocated the need to increase pressure on the Russian side in order to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders.
The war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine (February 24, 2022) further consolidated the representatives of all political parties and forces of the Polish state and Polish society in full support of Ukraine.
In the international arena, the Republic of Poland advocates the need for the international community to increase pressure on the Russian Federation to immediately end the war against Ukraine and restore the territorial integrity of our state within internationally recognized borders.
In this regard, official Warsaw is extremely actively using the available bilateral and multilateral instruments of influence on the international arena to support Ukraine. The leadership of the Polish state during bilateral meetings, including within the framework of the EU and NATO, international organizations constantly emphasizes the need to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation, as well as to provide our country with military, financial and humanitarian aid.
Poland is a strong advocate of Ukraine’s membership in the EU and NATO. It fully supports offering Ukraine a prompt path to become a member of both organizations.
Besides, Poland is an active participant of the International Crimea Platform, which is a mechanism aimed at deoccupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Poland is strongly supporting President Zelenskyy Peace Formula – a holistic plan to put an end to the Russian aggression and to ensure global security. The Polish Side is a member of the Core Group of countries convened to establish the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, to hold Russian leadership responsible for its crime of aggression. Together with the European Commission, Poland plays a key role in efforts to bring back home all Ukrainian kids, illegally deported by Russia.
Chronology of political dialogue between Ukraine and Poland
2023
CONTACTS AT THE LEVEL OF PRESIDENTS
January 11 – visit of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda to Ukraine, the participation in the Summit of Heads of the States of the “Lublin Triangle” (Lviv)
February 9 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda (Rzeszow)
March 27 – telephone conversation between the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda
April 5 – an official visit of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi to Poland (Warsaw)
June 11 – telephone conversation between the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda
June 14 – telephone conversation between the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda
MEETINGS AT THE HIGH AND HIGHEST LEVEL
February 3 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak (Kyiv)
February 9 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Brussels)
February 24 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Kyiv)
March 13 – Meeting of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak with the State Secretary of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland – the head of the Bureau for International Policy Marcin Pszydacz, the Minister for the European Union of the Republic of Poland Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk and the Minister – a member of the Council of Ministers of Poland Michal Dworczyk (Kyiv)
March 13 –meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba with the State Secretary of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland – the head of the Bureau for International Policy Marcin Pszydacz and the Minister for the European Union of the Republic of Poland Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk (Kyiv)
March 13 – meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna with the State Secretary of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland – the head of the Bureau for International Policy Marcin Pszydacz and the Minister for the European Union of the Republic of Poland Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk (Kyiv)
March 14 – meeting of the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska with the First Lady of the Republic of Poland Agatha Kornhauser-Duda (in the format of a video conference)
April 05 – meeting of the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska with the First Lady of the Republic of Poland Agatha Kornhauser-Duda during the official visit of the President of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland (Warsaw)
April 05 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki during the official visit of the President of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland (Warsaw)
April 05 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Elżbieta Witek during the official visit of the President of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland (Warsaw)
April 05 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with Marshal of the Senat of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Grodzki during the official visit of the President of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland (Warsaw)
April 17 – meeting of the delegation of Ukraine headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine O. Kubrakov and the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine A. Sybiha with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland M. Morawiecki, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland M. Blaszczak , the head of the Office for International Policy of the President of the Republic of Poland M. Pszydacz, the Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland A. Adamczyk and the Head of the Bureau of National Security of the Republic of Poland J. Siewiera (Warsaw)
April 17 – meeting of the delegation of Ukraine headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko with the delegation of the Republic of Poland led by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Warsaw)
May 14 – meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Berlin)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL DIALOGUE
January 3 – telephone conversation between the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov and the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak
February 3 – meeting of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak (Kyiv)
February 24 – meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Kyiv)
April 13 – meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Washington)
May 12 – meeting of the Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna with the Minister for the European Union of the Republic of Poland Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk (Kurnik)
June 13 – Telephone conversation between the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki
CONTACTS AT THE LEVEL OF THE MFA
January 25 – telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau
February 23 – meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau (New York)
April 11 – telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau
April 12 – telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau
May 12 – Bilateral consultations of Director of the Second Territorial Department Natalia Zadorozhniuk and Director of Department of International Security Viacheslav Yatsyuk (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine) with the Director of the Eastern Department Malgorzata Kosiura-Kazmierska and the Director of Security Policy Adam Bugajski (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland) (Kyiv)
INTERPARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS
January 16– meeting of the Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Olena Kondratyuk with the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Elżbieta Witek (Warsaw)
March 24 – meeting of the Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Olena Kondratyuk with the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Elżbieta Witek (Warsaw)
March 24 – meeting of the Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Olena Kondratyuk with the Vice-Marshal of the Senat of the Republic of Poland, Michal Kaminski (Warsaw)
April 11 – telephone conversation of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk with the Marshals of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Elżbieta Witek
April 11 – telephone conversation of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk with the Marshals of the Senat of the Republic of Poland, Tomasz Grodzki
April 24-25 – short meetings of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk with the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Elżbieta Witek and with the Marshals of the Senat of the Republic of Poland, Tomasz Grodzki (Prague)
May 24-25 – Official visit of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk to the Republic of Poland (Warsaw)
Examine military Equipment in Poland
Оглянули зразки військової техніки, яку Польща планує передати Україні. Що більше надходитиме в Україну військової допомоги, то швидше змінюватиметься ситуація в Бахмуті й на інших
- As of 23 September 2022, more than 6,500,000 refugees had crossed the border into Poland.[224][225] See Ukrainian refugee crisis. Refugees were covered by the social assistance program, including financial assistance, by the health care system, and school-age children by the education system.
- As of May 2022, the total cost of material and military assistance and social support given by Poland is estimated to reach at least 0.6% of its GDP.[226]
- Ukrainian refugees had the right to move free of charge in Poland through the public transport system from 26 February until the end of May 2022.[227]
- Wounded Ukrainian soldiers and children evacuated by sanitary trains are in many situations hospitalized in Poland.[228][229][230]
- More than 120 wagons, or 1500 tons of food, have arrived in Kharkiv and Zaporizhia in transportation organized by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and RARS. Transportation is the largest humanitarian shipment sent so far inward Ukraine.[231]
- As of 28 September 2022, Polish Institute of Economy (Polski Instytut Ekonomiczny) estimates that 70% of Poles have donated for Ukraine and Ukrainians more than 10 billion PLN (about 0.38% GDP) worth of aid.[232]
- As of 17 October 2022, Poland has purchased over 11.7 thousand Starlink terminals.[233]
- In conjunction with the United Kingdom, Poland support the building of two villages in Western and central Ukraine for internally displaced civilians (March 2023).[234]
- 7 June 2023 Poland pledged 10 water tankers with a capacity of 18,000 litres each and 10 high-capacity pump to aid those effected by the Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.[235]
- 14 MiG-29s [Four in April and ten in May 2023].
- 250+ T-72M and T-72M1(R)s [Delivered from April 2022 onwards].
- 14 Leopard 2A4s [4 in February 2023, 10 in March February 2023].
- 60 PT-91s [Delivered from April 2023 onwards].
- 142 BWP-1s [Delivered from April 2022 onwards].
- 200 KTO Rosomaks* [To be delivered] (Purchased by Ukraine with EU and US funding).
- AMZ Dzik-2 [May 2022].
- LPG WDSzs [June 2022] (Command vehicle for the AHS Krab SPG).
- 24 120mm M120 Raks* [To be delivered] (Purchased by Ukraine with EU and US funding).
- 20+ 122mm 2S1 Goździks [April 2022].
- 18 155mm AHS Krabs [Delivered from June 2022 onwards].
- 54 155mm AHS Krabs* [Delivered from late 2022 onwards] (Purchased by Ukraine with EU funding).
- 20+ 122mm BM-21 Grads [April 2022].
- AZP S-60s [Early 2023].
- ZSU-23-4 Shilkas [Before March 2023].
- S-125 Newa SCs [November 2022].
- 9K33 Osa-AK(M)s [December 2022].
- Osa-AKM-P1 Żądłos [January 2023].
- 100 R-73s (For Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter aircraft) [February 2022].
- 20+ WB Electronics FlyEyes [February or March 2022 and August 2022] (An initial batch was delivered by the Polish Armed Forces with 20 more FlyEyes crowdfunded through the Lithuanian-Polish Army of Drones crowdfunder).
- 37 WB Electronics Warmates [Late 2022] (27 crowdfunded through the Lithuanian-Polish Army of Drones crowdfunder. An additional 10 examples donated by the manufacturer WB Group).
- 260 PPZR Pioruns [160 delivered in February 2022. 100 more purchased by Ukraine in April 2023].
- Star 266s [Before September 2022].
- Star 266M2s [Before October 2022].
- Jelcz P882 D53s [Before April 2023].
- 100 60mm LMP-2017 Light Mortars [February 2022] (Delivered along with at least 1.500 mortar rounds).
- Kbk wz.1988 Tantal Assault Rifles [June 2022].
- Kbk AKMS Assault Rifles [Before October 2022].
- FB MSBS Grot C16A2 Assault Rifles* [May 2022] (Additional batches purchased by Ukraine in 2023 with EU funding).
- UKM-2000P Machine Guns [June 2022].
- ZMT WKW 50 Anti-Materiel Rifles [June 2022].
- RGP-40 Grenade Launchers [February 2022].
- RPG-76s Rocket Propelled Grenades [March 2022].
- “Thousands” of machine guns and millions of rounds of ammunition delivered to Ukraine on 26 June 2023.[328]
- ”Large quantities” of 120mm OF-NMR HE-FRAG ammunition for mortars [Before November 2022].
- ”Large quantities” of 122mm OF-462 HE Ammunition for 2S1 SPGs [Since February 2022].
- ”Large quantities” of 152mm ammunition for artillery [Since February 2022].
- ”Large quantities” of 125mm ammunition for T-72 tanks [Since February 2022].
- 30.000+ rounds of 5.56x45mm and 23mm ammunition [February 2022].
- 73mm PG-9 ammunition for SPG-9 recoilless guns [February or March 2022].
- 42,000 WZ 2005 helmets [February 2022].
- Training of Ukrainian soldiers [since July 2016].[329]
- Treatment of more than 100 wounded soldiers [from 2022 onwards].[330]
- 98 Polish police officers participated in demining of Ukrainian territory from Summer 2022 for five months.[331]
- 4 billion Złoty (US$875 million) was offered by the National Bank of Poland to Ukraine on the as a currency swap.[332]