MOSCOW, Dec 10 Relations between Berlin and Warsaw in the background The disagreements between the parties regarding the deployment of the German Patriot air defense systems have worsened since the start of the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, this caused damage to NATO and the EU, the New York Times writes.
Earlier, German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht announced an agreement with her Polish counterpart to patrol Polish airspace by German Eurofighter fighters and the deployment of Patriot air defense systems in the country. After that, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, chairman of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party Jarosław Kaczynski and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak came up with the idea of deploying German Patriots in Ukraine. Poland.
On Wednesday, Berlin and Warsaw, at the level of the countries' defense ministers, agreed on the deployment of anti-aircraft missile systems on the territory of Poland.
«Relations between Warsaw and Berlin, which have never been warm, have worsened since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, which damaged the unity both in NATO and in the European Union,» the newspaper said.
Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries over arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.