Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said Sunday that, after consulting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, he had ordered the declassification of all donations made to Ukraine to support its defense against the Russian invasion.
"After consulting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, while maintaining accountability to the public and in accordance with the law, I have ordered the declassification of all donations to Ukraine in the years 2022-2026", Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on X.
He noted that the process of donating equipment was begun by the previous, government of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party under Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak. Kosiniak-Kamysz said the president — currently Karol Nawrocki, and previously Andrzej Duda — is informed of every donation. He added that he had also ordered the Military Counterintelligence Service to investigate who had "intentionally sought to reveal state secrets".
The decision sparked debate among experts. Security specialist professor Daniel Bockowski said on TVP Info that the dispute plays into Russia's hands. "Colloquially speaking, any kind of uproar like this in Poland unfortunately serves, above all, the Kremlin's information and disinformation policy, and certainly does not strengthen our security. Even this move by Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz — disclosing all donations. I don't think everything we did should be disclosed", he said.
Juliusz Sabak, managing editor of Portal Obronny, told Polish Radio that the decision has drawn interest not only from politicians but also the public, since it touches on matters of state security, including what military equipment Poland has provided to Ukraine — particularly weapons systems Poland holds in limited quantities.
Sabak argued that disclosure is a reasonable step, since it limits speculation and cuts off narratives based on half-truths, and said publishing the list of weapons transferred to Ukraine does not pose a security risk to Poland. He noted that many countries have openly reported the type, number and scale of military equipment they have provided since the start of the war. "I think this is a move in the right direction, and certainly long overdue", he added.
Mariusz Cielma of the military affairs outlet Nowa Technika Wojskowa told Polish Radio that Poland had not previously disclosed detailed information about weapons transferred to Ukraine, though this was not the standard followed by all allies. He noted that Germany has regularly published updated lists of equipment provided, including detailed figures on the number of missiles. He said there had long been calls for Poland to also give the public concrete information on the real scale of its support for Ukraine, adding that the disclosure would not come as a surprise to Russia.
Gen. Roman Polko, however, opposes declassifying all information on military donations to Ukraine, calling it a bad move. "Security matters — the amount of this or that type of weaponry being transferred — should be kept secret. I don't understand declassifying issues related to security that are useful to, for instance, Russian intelligence, in order to estimate what we had and what we now have", he said.
Polko added that the decision fits a pattern of actions he believes are driven by political goals rather than state security, drawing a comparison to former Defense Minister Blaszczak's disclosure of Polish military operational plans, which he said Kosiniak-Kamysz is now continuing in a similar vein.
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Source: Polish Radio