The Ukraine conflict is the biggest threat of the century, putting the future of Western civilization at risk, Donald Tusk has claimed
The Ukraine conflict is also the war of the West, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated. The “most important task” for the EU leaders is to make their societies aware of the threat allegedly posed by Russia, he told the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday.
Poland has been one of Kiev’s key backers in its conflict with Moscow, with Tusk taking a particularly hardline stance on the issue. Earlier this month, he complained about the fellow Poles developing “antipathy” towards Ukraine, blamed it on Russia, and urged the Polish politicians to “stem this tide.”
On Monday, he claimed that “the biggest and most important task for European leaders today is to make Western societies aware” that the Ukraine conflict is the most serious risk faced by them in the 21st century.
“This war is also our war,” Tusk stated, claiming that it is “of our fundamental interest.” According to the prime minister, a defeat in this conflict would allegedly affect the entire Western civilization from Poland to the US. He then called for “solidarity and unity” within the EU and NATO, which he claimed was needed to prevail and “defeat” Russia.
The prime minister also spoke about a planned “large-scale modernization” of the Polish army and called for mobilization of both societies and governments within the EU. Earlier this month, Warsaw accused Moscow of sending a volley of drones into its airspace – an allegation Russia has denied.
Moscow has repeatedly described the Ukraine conflict as a proxy war waged by the West against Russia. Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the Ukraine crisis was provoked by the EU and NATO and used by the two blocs to declare “an actual war” on Moscow.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday, the minister dismissed claims made by certain European officials about Moscow allegedly considering attacking NATO in the coming years. “Russia has not had such intentions,” Lavrov said, adding that Moscow had repeatedly invited NATO member states to work out “legally binding security guarantees” in Europe, but its offer was ignored.
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