Vice Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak said that Poland wants to have a free Ukraine as a neighbor, and therefore supports it militarily. During a meeting in Kyiv with his Ukrainian counterpart Aleksey Reznikov, he said that Poland would train Ukrainian sappers, Polskie Radio reports..

“We also talked about the possibility of training the Ukrainian military in Poland.. Sappers can be trained, we all know very well that the Russians left mines in the occupied Ukrainian territory, so they need to be removed. We are ready to train the Ukrainian military so that they can clear these territories,” Vice Prime Minister Blashchak said during a joint press conference with Reznikov..

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He also stressed that peace in Ukraine is a guarantee of Poland's security, so the Poles support us militarily.. According to him, the value of the aid provided by Poland already exceeds $700 million..

“We handed over, among other things, weapons of Polish production – Piorun man-portable anti-aircraft systems and Krab howitzers; also about 250 tanks,” he added.

Recall, on July 11, President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to Parliament a bill on granting Polish citizens a special status in Ukraine.. According to it, Polish citizens will receive the same rights and guarantees that Poland provided to Ukrainians fleeing the country from the Russian invasion..