The meeting at the National Security Bureau has ended

Meetings at the National Security Bureau with the participation of the president, prime minister and key ministers in connection with the Russian aggression on Ukraine have been held since its beginning in February 2022. Apart from the situation in Ukraine, the meetings were also devoted to i.a. energy security or reconstruction of Ukraine after the war.

She announced that the meeting would start after 5 p.m the office of President. In addition to the president, prime minister, defense minister and interior minister, the meeting was attended by the chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, general Rajmund T. Andrzejczak, and the head of the Military Intelligence Service, brig. Marek Lapinski.

“The meeting at the National Security Bureau concerned the security situation of Poland in context war in Ukraine. All projects to be implemented in the near future as well as activities related to preparations for the NATO summit were discussed,” the Chancellery of the President announced on Twitter.

The American “Wall Street Journal” wrote in recent days that the Polish government is considering Ukraine’s request to send it its Leopard 2 tanks.

The head of the President’s Office of International Policy, Jakub Kumoch, was asked about the issue of Leopards in an interview with Radio Zet. – The case is pending. (…) There is no mention here, and this is absolutely disinformation, about the transfer of all Leopards or a large number of Leopards, only about some symbolic support and participation in a coalition of several countries – he said. When asked if “symbolic” means “several, a dozen or so” pieces, the presidential minister replied that “something like that”.

Kumoch repeated that “saying that Poland will give away several dozen or several hundred pieces is absurd.” – This is creating an alternate reality. Ukraine is indeed interested in Western countries providing them with a certain, limited number of tanks of this type. Poland has them Poland, as the prime minister said, could be part of such a coalition. She will not do anything alone, because she would not even be able to change the fate of the war in any way by giving a few pieces – he assessed.

He added that “this matter is ongoing, consultations are underway.” “Also this afternoon, the National Security Bureau will hold a general meeting of the president with the prime minister, the minister of national defense and representatives of the law enforcement agencies and the army to discuss the situation across the eastern border,” he stressed.

When asked whether Poland’s merit was the decision to transfer Patriot systems from Germany to Ukraine, Kumoch also said on Monday that “of course it is.” – President Zelensky thanked me for this case. For the fact that we have internationalized the problem of the Patriots – he said.

– In this way, Poland has made it very clear among NATO countries question: why not hand over the Patriots to Ukraine? And it turned out that various American think tanks picked up on this idea. United States made this decision, and apparently Berlin is also making this decision now. If Poland has made a proportion, and now this proposal is being implemented, it proves its effectiveness, he assessed.

– Internationalization of a matter means throwing it on the table, throwing out a certain idea first, and at this point there is internal pressure in the country from analysts, from defense specialists – he said.