Poland joins missile defense coalition: Tusk

Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies, Prime Minister Donald ​Tusk said on Friday, Reuters reports.

"From today, Poland is ‌part of this major project ... we agreed on the forms and frameworks of this cooperation," Tusk said in ​a video posted on X.

Tusk attended a summit ​on Friday of a new regional grouping ⁠of eight Carpathian countries, held in western Ukraine and launched ​by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Ukraine and nine European ​countries announced in July an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and ​cheaper solution to the US Patriot system.

Tusk ​told a press conference at the summit that Poland has ‌prepared ⁠a new "significant" donation package for Ukraine, without giving further detail.

"I will be very consistent here. No one will change my opinion that Poland has to ​support Ukraine ​in its ⁠war against Russian aggression ... History cannot divide us vis-a-vis Russia today," Tusk said.

After ​his bilateral meeting with Tusk at ​the summit, ⁠Zelenskiy thanked Poland for the new aid package.

"Ukraine and Poland are strong neighbors, friends, and partners, ⁠and ​we have one common enemy," he ​said on the Telegram app.