Poland's ambassador to NATO assures that there are no agreements to ban heavy equipment for Ukraine

Tomasz Szatkowski, Poland's ambassador to NATO, stated this on Polish Radio.

"In the public space, from public speakers in Berlin, we often heard in recent months that there is some kind of agreement between NATO members that, for example, heavy equipment should not be transferred, and then - that tanks should not be transferred, then - "maybe tanks and it is possible, but not of Western production"... This is absolutely false," the diplomat said.

Similarly, "it was a surprise to assume", noted Szatkowski, that it is the Alliance that should decide, and not Berlin alone, whether to give Patriot anti-aircraft batteries to the military of Ukraine.

Poland's ambassador to NATO recalled what Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had previously said: that in some cases, it is more important for the security of the member states of the Alliance to transfer equipment and ammunition to Ukraine than to accumulate them in their own warehouses.

Meanwhile, Szatkowski described the situation in NATO regarding military support to Ukraine as "Schrödinger's cat": "On the one hand, there is a discussion, it [aid] is encouraged by the Secretary General, and on the other hand there is a veto of some countries, opposition and reluctance."

At the same time, the attitude of some countries towards the support of the Armed Forces is changing for the better, the ambassador noted, pointing out that "a positive transformation has taken place" with part of the allies in the south of Europe.

Tomasz Szatkowski also noted that France, which is often criticized, is generally the only country, apart from Poland, that supplies the Armed Forces with entire artillery systems: "It means not only what shoots, but also the fire control system, effective ammunition."