For the past month, Poland has been blocking off its border checkpoints to Ukrainian trucks, leaving many in days-long lines. It’s a commercial and economic showdown, but it’s about much more.
For the past month, Poland has been blocking off its border checkpoints to Ukrainian trucks, leaving many in days-long lines. It’s a commercial and economic showdown, but it’s about much more.
Poland’s decision to stop sending weapons to Ukraine is being driven by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s short-term electoral calculus. Yet the long-term effects on the world stage could deeply undermine the united NATO front against Russia, and the entire Western coalition.