“We presume that the Russians are not suicidal, that they don’t want an open war. This assumption could be completely false of course. [But] if Russians are ready and eager for war, all we can do is pack up our bags and fly away to Australia. I don’t think they [want war],” Olechowski noted.
The former Foreign Minister also noted that in his view, sending weapons to Ukraine is a mistake. "Today we would like to see a demarcation line emerge. Will supplying weapons help us to achieve this? The delivery of weapons is a path to war."
Poland has shown steadfast support for Washington in Ukraine following the Maidan coup last February. However, some Polish officials and politicians have recently begun to criticize the idea of blindly supporting Kiev and Washington's plans in the region. Last week, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechocinski told Reuters that he was frustrated and disappointed over the new Ukrainian elite's failure to build a stable political system, adding that the country's impending economic collapse risks creating a flood of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees to Poland.