La Polonia acquisterà armi statunitensi per 100 milioni di dollari per l’Ucraina in risposta al sabotaggio ferroviario russo

It’s like paying for protection from the bully’s brother.

poland really stepping up while some other countries are still dragging their feet on aid

Poland will buy $100 million (369 million zloty) of weapons from the United States and supply them to Ukraine, Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has told CNN. He says the move is part of Warsaw’s response to the recent Russian sabotage of a rail line in Poland.

Speaking to the US network on Thursday, Sikorski noted that “Russia deliberately tried to cause a rail crash”. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk [said](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/18/ukrainians-working-for-russia-carried-out-train-line-sabotage-says-polish-pm/) that the sabotage was carried out by two Ukrainians working on behalf of Moscow, who then immediately fled to Belarus.

The “intention was clearly to kill Polish citizens”, Sikorski told CNN. But, “due to incompetent actions and a miracle, the train was not derailed”.

“We’ve had arson attacks and assassinations in other European Union countries before, but this was a different attempt, and we know which specific services assigned this task to the perpetrators to cause mayhem and death,” he said.

As part of Poland’s response, “we will spend $100 million on American weapons to be delivered to Ukraine”, added Sikorski. Another element of the response was his [order](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/19/poland-to-close-last-russian-consulate-in-response-to-train-line-sabotage/), issued earlier this week, for Russia to close its last remaining consulate in Poland, in the city of Gdańsk.

Sikorski’s announcement was criticised by Sławomir Mentzen, one of the leaders of the far-right opposition group Confederation (Konfederacja), which has been opposed to the large amounts of money Poland has spent on supporting Ukraine.

Mentzen pointed to recent revelations of a major corruption scandal in Ukraine, and suggested that “maybe Ukrainians should stop stealing, then there would be no need to help them”.

“Polish taxpayers’ money should go towards the needs of Poles, not to be plundered in Ukraine,” he added.

Sikorski responded to Mentzen’s post, saying that he was “distorting” the truth. The foreign minister noted that the money was not being given to Ukraine, but would be provided to NATO’s PURL fund, which purchases US weapons for Ukraine.

Speaking in the parliament on Friday morning, Tusk echoed Sikorski’s remarks, saying that the “sabotage actions, inspired and directly organised by the Kremlin for many months, have recently crossed a critical threshold”.

The goal of these actions, among which Tusk also listed an[ attempted attack on the Polish ambassador to Russia](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/20/polish-ambassador-attacked-in-russia/) last Sunday, is “destruction, human lives, and the destabilisation of the foundations of the Polish state”.

On Wednesday, prosecutors announced that they have drafted charges against the two Ukrainian citizens responsible for the sabotage. On Thursday, the foreign ministry said that it had issued a diplomatic note to Belarus requesting the suspects’ extradition.

Be great until Russia invades Poland and the USA tells Poland it can’t use the USA weapons against Russia, stops supplying spares or activates a killswitch

ffs Poland, read the room…

Thank you U.S.A for helping Europe with this issue.

Literally anyone wise would’ve been a better choice. Fuck the US