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Military aid from Lithuania, including Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, being unloaded at Boryspil International Airport on February 13, 2022.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused some Western countries, and Germany in particular, for allowing their "unyielding egoism" to keep them from pushing for the "crushing" sanctions needed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
"There is no time today for the kind of unyielding egoism that we see in certain Western countries, including here in Germany unfortunately," Morawiecki told Polish reporters in Berlin ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on February 26.
"That is why I came here... to shake the conscience of Germany. So that they finally decide on sanctions that are actually crushing," he added, according to the Polish news agency PAP.
In particular, Morawiecki singled out Germany's failure to supply weapons to Ukraine, instead offering helmets.
"Five thousand helmets? That must be some kind of joke. There needs to be real help... weapons," he said.
Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine, has seen a flood of refugees flooding its border since Moscow's attack on Ukraine began on February 24.
The invasion, which according to Ukrainian authorities has already seen dozens of civilians killed by Russian missiles, has prompted a wave of sanctions against Moscow from the West,
But Germany has been reluctant to follow the calls of several other countries to impose even stronger penalties against Russia such as excluding it from the SWIFT banking system, which is used by thousands of financial institutions in over 200 countries, including Russia, to facilitate cross-border money transfers.
"Russia wants to destroy our world as we know it. We have to act now. We have no time to lose," Morawiecki said.
"All sanctions should be on table now," he added.
Polish PM Chides Germany For Holding Back On Sanctions, 'Joke' Military Aid
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused some Western countries, and Germany in particular, for allowing their "unyielding egoism" to keep them from pushing for the "crushing" sanctions needed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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