Poland joins anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine
Tusk said Poland will help develop a cheaper European air-defense system designed to complement U.S.-made Patriot batteries.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Poland has joined the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition, a group developing integrated air defence systems to complement US-made Patriot systems protecting European skies.
- Addressing earlier confusion, Tusk admitted there had been "a certain misunderstanding" regarding Poland's initial exclusion, but clarified it is "now clear that Poland is also part of this initiative."
- President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted the inaugural summit of the "C8," or Carpathian Eight, uniting leaders from Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary.
- Tusk thanked Zelensky for addressing "difficult, painful issues from the past," including the Volhynia massacres, while Zelensky noted the coalition brings Poland and Ukraine "even closer to each other."
- The C8 summit aims to provide impetus for Ukraine's path toward European Union membership, with Zelensky confirming "we will be partners" in the missile coalition to protect regional skies.
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Ukraine and nine European countries joined forces in July last year to form an air defense coalition to develop a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the US Patriot system.
Poland has joined the Anti-Ballistic Coalition, which aims to create a common European ballistic missile defense system.
Poland joins the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition, reported on Friday to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. "It is now clear that Poland is also part of this initiative," said Tusk, quoted by the Polish media.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Poland and Ukraine will be partners in the so-called anti-ballistic missile coalition. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized that "it is now clear that Poland is part of this initiative."
The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, reported that the Republic was negotiating to join the ballistic missile coalition and intended to discuss the issue with the Ukrainian leadership. Warsaw was in consultation on participation in the anti-ballistic coalition, and the matter was planned to be discussed, including with Vladimir Zelensky, the head of the Polish Government, said that it was transmitting to RIA "News." The ballistic missile c…
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