“We have no doubt it was an attack directed directly from Moscow. This type of attack showed what Vladimir Putin is capable of,” Nawrocki said in a video interview published on Monday evening.
He added: “We must do everything to be prepared for war, because only then will there be peace.”
Backing a call by US President Donald Trump, Nawrocki said all NATO members should cease Russian oil imports.
“All countries that desire peace and freedom should stop subsidizing the Russian Federation,” he said.
“We should isolate Russia,” he added, noting that Poland does not import Russian oil.
Nawrocki criticized Germany and other Western countries for doing business with Russia, saying such ties encouraged the attack on Ukraine.
He said he still believes in Trump’s peace plan, calling the US president “the only leader of the free world” capable of such talks.
“Only sanctions and only Donald Trump as US president can exert pressure on Putin to end the war and preserve Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” he said, urging Europe to “speak with one voice” on security.
Pressing Germany on WWII reparations
Ahead of his visit to Berlin for meetings on Tuesday with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Nawrocki said he would raise the issue of wartime compensation, arguing that German WWII reparations remain legally unresolved.
Citing a parliamentary team’s estimate, he called PLN 6.2 trillion (EUR 1.5 trillion, USD 1.7 trillion) a “reference point” for Polish claims and said the matter is not legally closed despite Germany’s position.
He said he seeks a “constructive debate” between EU and NATO partners Poland and Germany, adding: “I recognize that reparations are important for Poland and for our partners, for Germany, to bring this matter to a close.”
Nawrocki recalled a September 14, 2022 resolution in which all Polish parliamentary caucuses stated that Poland never received compensation for losses from Germany’s 1939-1945 aggression and occupation, and urged Berlin to accept political, historical, legal and financial responsibility.
Addressing border policies, Nawrocki said Poland avoided what he dubbed migration mistakes made by Germany and other Western states and does not want to bear responsibility for them.
He acknowledged that border closures disrupted the Schengen area, harming Polish businesses and residents of frontier regions.
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Source: PAP