Polish FM Says Troop Deployment to Ukraine Would Fuel Russian Propaganda

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that sending Polish troops to Ukraine would hand Russian propaganda a pretext to accuse Warsaw of trying to seize Ukrainian territory.

He made the remarks during a broadcast on RMF24 radio on April 2.

Sikorski noted that Russian propaganda is already pushing the narrative that Poland is preparing to send troops into Ukraine to carve up the country together with Russia.

In his view, Poland should avoid giving Moscow any further excuses to fuel such accusations. He also warned that the presence of Polish forces on Ukrainian soil could further mobilize Russian society for war.

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“Russian propaganda is now accusing us of wanting to enter Ukraine and divide up (Ukrainian territories – ed.) together with them… This will be used to mobilize Russian society, and we don’t want to give Russian propaganda that argument,” Sikorski explained.

At the same time, he expressed confidence that Polish businesses will be “the biggest beneficiaries” of Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction, citing geographic proximity and linguistic similarities as key advantages.

Previously, Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz ruled out the deployment of Polish peacekeepers to Ukraine after the war, stating that this role should be filled by countries that do not share a border with Ukraine.

In early March, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the formation of a “Coalition of the Willing” to support Ukraine and guarantee peace.

The coalition is expected to send a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine. According to Starmer, the final number of troops could exceed 10,000, with most of them likely coming from the UK and France.