Defense Minister Blaszczak: Poland wants EU to buy ammunition from him for Ukraine

WARSAW, March 8 – RIA Novosti. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak told reporters that Poland wants EU countries to jointly purchase ammunition for Ukraine.

“There is an initiative that provides a joint order of ammunition, the Polish defense industry will also benefit from this initiative,” said Blaszczak.

“In the near future, in March, Commissioner Breton (European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton) will visit Poland. We agreed with the Commissioner that we will talk with the Polish defense industry so that the Polish defense industry can benefit. These orders will increase the production capacity of the Polish defense industry. to increase it,” he said.

“It will be good for Ukraine, but it will also be good for Poland,” he said.

Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries for arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated that NATO countries are “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping weapons into Ukraine from the West does not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.