| Summary/Abstract |
Russia's aggression against Ukraine demonstrates that, for Moscow, the use of military power has always only been an extension of diplomacy and a tool for pursuing pure national interests. Diplomatic measures attempted by the whole world did not yield any results. It is now clear more than ever that President Vladimir Putin's Russia is ready to counteract imaginary threats even using such extreme measures as war. For Poles, the Russian government's rhetoric is gruesomely reminiscent of 1939 when the Soviet Union, together with Nazi Germany, invaded Poland. It also explains why Poland stands so firmly in solidarity with Ukraine today.
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