Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party is ramping up Ukraine-skeptic rhetoric ahead of upcoming elections, in what analysts say is a bid to win back far-right voters after its 2023 defeat.
After pushing conservative Karol Nawrocki into the presidential palace, PiS tapped ex-Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek — a controversial hardliner — as its candidate for prime minister in next year's election.
Czarnek has a track record of criticizing the Ukrainian leadership over historical
I would suggest that for russia gaining sympathy in Poland is existentially necessary to make serious inroads in building out russia’s power in the region.
The reason? Poland has a fuckload of tanks, they have a signicant number of all of the best tanks and heavy armor in the world pretty much… and their army is well trained on them.
Poland has also purchased almost 100 Apache helicopters which themselves could singlehandedly throw a MASSIVE wrench in any plans for future wars russia might have in the region if Poland isn’t sympathetic enough to maintain relative neutrality towards russia.
In short, I am not surprised the far right in Poland flirts with russia, russia must be flirting hard with the far right in Poland, they have to, if Poland decides to decisively join an opposing side against them in war, russia is fucked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_of_the_Polish_Armoured_Forces
https://www.zona-militar.com/en/2026/01/20/poland-now-has-7-ah-64d-attack-helicopters-leased-from-the-u-s-army-for-the-training-of-future-ah-64e-pilots/