Ukrainian warriors and veterans are not a threat: the Foreign Ministry reacted to Duda’s statements

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine responded to the statement of President of Poland Andrzej Duda, who stated that after the termination of hostilities, crime would spread across the border with Ukraine to Poland. The Foreign Ministry emphasized that Ukrainian soldiers and veterans are not a threat, but a factor of security for Ukraine, Poland and all of Europe, as well as that they are the key to a free and stable European future. This is stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports UNN.

We are grateful to Poland for the large -scale assistance provided to Ukraine, as well as personally by President of Poland Andrzej Dudi – for the consistent promotion of Ukraine’s interests and calls for partners to increase our country’s support. At the same time, we disagree with the representation of Ukrainian soldiers who are risking life today, protecting Europe from the Russian invasion, as if a potential threat to European security

The ministry reminds that after 2014, when hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have already passed through the front, no significant increase in crime or threats to Poland or Europe.

Ukrainian warriors and veterans are not a threat, but a factor in security for Ukraine, Poland and all of Europe. They are the key to a free and stable European future. We are convinced that the bold Ukrainian men and women who stood up for their country and all over the world from Russian invaders deserve the highest respect

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In an interview with Financial Times, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated that he would be concerned that after the termination of hostilities, crime would spread across the border with Ukraine to Poland, also engaging in Western Europe and the United States. He compared the situation with Russia in the early 1990s, when, among the veterans of the ten-year-old Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, banditry and violence with the use of firearms increased sharply.

“Imagine a situation where thousands of people from the front return home. Those people who are fighting with Russia, many of them will have mental problems. Remember the times when the USSR broke up and how much the level of organized crime in Western Europe and the US “, – said Duda.