WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda mentioned on Monday (Jul 18) {that a} US resolution to permit Ukraine to make use of US-made weapons to strike deep into Russia could also be a decisive second within the conflict.
Two US officers and a supply acquainted with the choice revealed the numerous reversal of Washington’s coverage within the Ukraine-Russia battle on Sunday.
“This resolution was very essential … Russia sees that Ukraine enjoys robust help and that the West’s place is unyielding and decided. It is a vital, probably decisive second on this conflict,” Duda advised journalists.
He additionally criticised Germany for saying it might not align its coverage with the US, and expressed disapproval at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cellphone name with Russian President Vladimir Putin final Friday.
“Germany could also be in search of alternatives, because the German press signifies, to achieve some settlement with Russia to be able to return to vitality contracts and to have the ability to purchase vitality assets from Russia once more,” Duda mentioned.
“Russia is brutally attacking Ukraine, and one of many leaders of the free world, one of many leaders of the West, a big European nation, the strongest economic system in Europe, is in talks with the aggressor. I completely consider that it was a mistake on the worldwide political entrance.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had additionally criticised Scholz, saying that “no-one will cease Putin with cellphone calls”.