Tusk calls for European unity against Russia and links the 1920 war to the conflict in Ukraine

Krakow.- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged "unity" of Poland and Europe in the face of "threats from the East" and linked the Polish-Soviet war of 1920 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at the Museum of the Second World War in Warsaw, he stated that "the Russian strategy has not changed" and "seeks control" in the region. He added that "the next few days" will be key to European security, referring to the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin scheduled in Alaska. Tusk described the Alaska meeting as a "diplomatic contest" related to the Ukrainian front and recalled the "Miracle of the Vistula", whose 105th anniversary is commemorated, when Poland stopped the Russian advance in 1920. He pointed out as a lesson the need to maintain a common European position. The Prime Minister spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while Polish President Karol Nawrocki spoke with Donald Trump. Tusk supports Ukraine's integration into the European Union and NATO; Nawrocki expressed reservations about its medium-term viability. After his first meeting with Nawrocki, Tusk stressed that foreign policy is a "constitutional mandate" and that the president must support the Executive's line.