- First and foremost, it must be said that we helped Ukraine not out of any naivety or expecting any gratitude, but from a cold calculation of Polish national interest. Russian imperialism must be stopped, simply, preferably as far as possible from our borders. And that was our main motivation, our main calculation. And it remains so to this day - stated Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Marcin Fijołek on Polsat News' "Graffiti".

- We can argue very much with Ukraine, and we do. I myself raised many issues very strongly. You surely remember the embargo imposed twice on the agricultural sector? You remember the disputes with the transport sector? The steel industry, but of course, above all, also exhumations, Volhynia - all of this was put forward very sharply and firmly by us, but at the same time we knew that it was in our well-understood interest to have this state separating us - he continued.

- It is the dream of our kings and Józef Piłsudski that a state or several states separate us from Russia, preferably as today, which will protect us from Russian imperialism, from the threat, domination, colonialism, destruction, and enslavement from Russia. And therefore, it is very important today that Ukraine defend itself. If it defends itself with European money, then let it defend itself with European money - he emphasized.