Tusk: Putin can destroy EU from within

Tusk: Putin has tools to destroy the EU and Europe as a civilisation

Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza said. Vladimir Putin has tools that can destroy not only The European Union as a political structure, but also Europe as a cultural phenomenon.

According to Tusk, these tools are «Russia's fifth column», The organisation exists in every European country and operates under the guise of political movements, media and business structures that spread anti-European narratives.

«Putin has a weapon that can destroy the EU without firing a single shot - his agents of influence in European countries,» the Polish prime minister stressed.

Ukraine as a key to European stability

Tusk stressed that Poland's future will look optimistic only if Ukraine does not lose the war. In his opinion, Ukraine's victory will guarantee the security of the whole of Europe, as well as a chance for the final Overcoming historical misunderstandings between Warsaw and Kyiv.

«There are no objective reasons why Ukraine should lose. It has the right and every opportunity to win,» he said.

Context.

Tusk's speech came amid rising tensions in the EU, where Russian information campaigns are actively exploiting internal disagreements between member states. According to the prime minister, Poland remains one of Ukraine's main allies in the fight against Russian aggression.