Zakharova called Ukraine “anti-Russian tools” for Poland

Poland conducts a dialogue with Ukraine as long as the latter is an “anti-Russian toolkit”. Thus, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova commented a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to Poland in his Telegram channel.

“Imagine, this is how Poland talks to Ukraine, while it still needs it, as a subject, as an anti-Russian toolkit. And when the border is erased, and the remnants of Ukraine are absorbed by Warsaw, then no one will talk to the local population at all,” the message says.

Zakharova stressed that the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to Poland, including for further transit to other countries, is indicative “from the point of view of exposing the imaginary concern of Westerners for the hungry and those in need of food.”

April 15 Poland and Hungary restricted import of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine until June 30. After that, the Minister of Development and Technology of Poland, Waldemar Buda, explained on his Twitter that the ban would also apply to transit through the country. He added that the issue of transit will be discussed with Ukraine – his condition will be guarantees that the goods will only be transported through the territory of the country, and will not remain in it. European Commission named this decision is unacceptable.

Since December 2022, local farmers have been complaining about an oversupply of Ukrainian products on the market. On January 30, a report prepared by Poland was published on the website of the Council of Europe, which noted that due to the simplified export, the supply of Ukrainian products to neighboring countries increased in some cases by thousands of times, which led to overcrowding of warehouses and difficulties for local producers. The document was also published on behalf of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.