Polish Consul General calls the format of farmers’ protest a shame and disgrace

The Polish consul-general in Lviv, Eliza Dzwonkiewicz, has apologized to Ukrainians for the actions of Polish protesters at the border. The Polish diplomat wrote about it on her Fcebook page.

Dzwonkiewicz explained that out of love for her homeland she could not pretend not to see the “shameful actions” on the border. She expressed her belief that it “cannot be the business” of her fellow countrymen.

The diplomat recalled the events of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, which she learned about as a teenager. In particular, she recalled the Soviet refusal to allow Allied planes to land on territory under their control.

“I thought only the Russians behaved so shamefully. Finally, the aid intended for the rebels dropped from these planes on the outskirts of Warsaw quite by accident and ended up in the hands of the Germans. As a teenager, I was convinced that only Russians could calmly watch other nations bleed to death, that we Poles would never do anything like that. And what are the “Polish” farmers and transporters doing today? I don’t believe they are Poles… A real Pole would never stab a neighboring nation fighting for its freedom in the back,” Dzwonkiewicz wrote.

She added that her statement was not about the demands of the strikers, but about the form of the protest:

“Shame and shame. Sorry, Ukraine, which is at war, I apologize.”

The consul published a photo of a painting that was given to her by a Ukrainian artist in gratitude for Poles’ help to Ukrainians after Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine.