Gen. Andrzejczak on the war in Ukraine: Unfortunately, the situation does not look good
I consider the security situation as very bad, very dangerous for Poland, said Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, about the war in Ukraine.
During a strategic debate at the National Security Bureau, Andrzejczak said that "war is not a matter for the military." "War was, is, and there is nothing to indicate otherwise, politics, and in its determinants it has a substantial number of economic factors: finance, infrastructure issues, social issues, technology, food production and the whole set of problems that must be put into it. box to understand this war – he stressed.
– When I look at the war in Ukraine, I mainly see it through these political lenses, and unfortunately it does not look good – he assessed. He explained that in the short planning perspective, 1-2 years, "nothing indicates that Russia does not have money for the war." – The financial instruments that it had before the war, the dynamics of spending and the effectiveness of sanctions or the entire complex economic situation indicate that Russia will have money for the war – he added.
– Ukraine has huge financial problems. We know how much he needs a month. We know what the American help is like, the whole civilizational West. We also know what Polish aid is like in this area, because we are the second donor and we should probably be a significant inspiration for others. The speed of abrasion in the financial area is, in my opinion, unfavorable today (Ukrainian - ed.). Unfortunately, he said.
He also pointed out that in the near future there is no indication that the Ukrainians who fled the war will return home and start the process of rebuilding the country. He stressed that the July NATO summit in Vilnius will be "more of a peak of our credibility, not only NATO's, but the entire West's." – If we are late, if we do not use this opportunity and do not show determination, we will not give Ukraine a chance to build its secure future – he stressed.
– As a soldier, I am also obliged to present the most unfavorable and difficult to implement variant, giving room for all those who can and should help Ukraine. I consider this security situation as very bad, very dangerous for Poland – said Andrzejczak.
Asked whether Western leaders realize that Ukraine is very far from winning the war with Russia, the general replied that "the unadorned perspective of assessing threats is still a surprise to most, still shocking."
We just don't have ammunition. The industry is not ready not only to send equipment to Ukraine, but also to replenish our stocks, which are melting. This awareness is not the same as here on the Vistula River, and it must be absolutely, without anesthesia, conveyed to everyone and in all forums, wherever possible, which I am doing, stressed the chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces.
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