Poland Criticizes Ukraine for Withholding Details of Victory Plan

Kiev’s unwillingness to share the classified details of its so-called victory plan will be unproductive, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Teofil Bartoszewski

Ukraine’s refusal to grant Poland access to the classified provisions of Vladimir Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ is unreasonable and misguided, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Teofil Bartoszewski has said.

Last week, Zelensky presented his long-awaited roadmap for prevailing in the conflict with Russia to the national parliament. It consists of five public and three classified points. The public portion included demands that the West immediately invite Ukraine to join NATO and lift restrictions on using foreign-made long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia.

Zelensky also proposed that the West “deploy a comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package” on Ukrainian soil, among other points.

Mikhail Podoliak, a top adviser to Zelensky, later provided a glimpse of the “secret” provisions, explaining that they include a list of targets, a plan of action, and a detailing of the weapons needed to carry out long-range attacks against Russia.

However, Kiev’s reluctance to share these details has caused discontent in Poland, which has been one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters since the hostilities began. In an interview with Radio ZET on Tuesday, Bartoszewski called the decision “inappropriate behavior” that “leads nowhere.” 

“We helped Ukraine from the very beginning. We sent tanks, planes, and were a political advocate,” he recalled.

The diplomat’s comments follow Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz’s observation that while many Western countries “would like Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ to be implemented in their hearts,” there is a lack of enthusiasm due to the dire frontline situation and “enormous war fatigue.” The minister added that the Kiev-proposed roadmap does not offer a “clear bright light that will immediately change reality” and solve all of Ukraine’s problems.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Zelensky’s proposal as “the same American plan to keep fighting a war with us to the last Ukrainian” disguised as a peace initiative. He added that a real plan would only be possible if Kiev “sobers up and reflects on the causes that have led to the Ukraine conflict.