Sikorski In Poland's Sejm Urged To Be Ready For The Kind Of War That "our Grandfathers Remember"

• 26.02.2026, 16:02

The Kremlin will continue to test the boundaries.

Polish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, speaking in the Sejm, called for preparing the country for war scenarios similar in scale to the wars of the twentieth century.

This is reported by RMF24.

Sikorski, in a speech in the Sejm in the presence of President Karol Nawrocki, former President Alexander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in addition to other top Polish officials and diplomats, spoke about the war in Ukraine and the threats to Poland and the rest of Europe in the face of new geopolitical realities.

Sikorski recalled the assessments of a number of European intelligence officials that Russia may decide to attack NATO countries soon enough, and also emphasized that the number of bizarre incidents and sabotage in Europe - including in Poland - has been on the rise in recent years.

He also recalled the one-time mass incursion of Russian UAVs into Poland and the Russian-directed disinformation campaign that tried to blame Ukraine and NATO - as it did after the sabotage of a railroad track near Lublin.

The foreign minister said that it was necessary to be prepared for a war "of the scale that our grandfathers and great-grandfathers saw".

Radoslaw Sikorski said that the Kremlin was likely to continue "testing the borders" and Poland in this situation should unite and build resilience - including against manipulative information influence.

Sikorski noted that awareness of the danger can either paralyze or mobilize, and Poland cannot afford to be "paralyzed" and reassured that this is "not its war."

He also recalled that among the civilians killed in the war was a Polish citizen, 7-year-old Amelia, who died with her mother in Ternopil.

"Putin doesn't want peace, only surrender.... If Ukraine were to be defeated, the threat from Russia would not only not decrease, but on the contrary, increase," he emphasized.

He also warned that Russian aggression against NATO's eastern flank countries would be very costly for these states.