Poland has been one of Ukraine's strongest supporters during the war, supplying it with hundreds of tanks and fighter jets. It has also provided military training to Ukrainian servicemen, while also serving as a major transit hub for weapons from other Western nations. In addition to military support, Poland is hosting over 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees and, according to the country's envoy to the UN, is spending about 1.5% of its GDP on humanitarian aid.
However, ahead of Poland's elections, the conservative government of the Law and Justice Party, aiming to maintain its power, has taken a U-turn on its political and military accord with Ukraine.
The reason behind this turnaround is the EU's ruling to lift the ban on Ukrainian grain imports which Poland along with Slovakia and Hungary have rejected as they argue that the lowered prices would hurt local markets and farmers.
In response, President Zelensky appealed to the WTO filing a lawsuit and even accused them of putting on a political theater favoring Russia. Poland's PM, Mateusz Morawiecki, replied by telling Mr. Zelensky never to insult Poles again.
"I... want to tell Mr. Zelensky never to insult Poles again, as he did recently during his speech at the UN"
Further adding...
“We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming Poland with more modern weapons”
Polish PM addresses Zelensky's comments
In Poland, the main reason for the U-turn was PiS's need to consolidate support among rural voters and also to attract supporters from the far-right Confederation Party, many of whom were skeptical of helping Ukraine. The Party maintaining its conservative and nationalist politics did not base its move solely on agricultural means, but also on the base of the reinforcement of its national army.