Polish political scientist: Ukraine and Poland united by “anti-vector” against Russia

Polish political scientist Tomasz Jankowski has stated that Poland and Russia should be united by a common enemy — “Banderite Ukraine.”

He said this on the video blog “WbrewCenzurze,” as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.

The occasion for the statement was a grant allocated from the Ukrainian budget: on October 20, 48 million hryvnias (about €945,000) were allocated for the creation of a series about the Ukrainian Galician Army. According to Jankowski, the project is to have six episodes.

“One of the main themes in the history of the Ukrainian Galician Army is, of course, the struggle against the Poles for Lviv during our struggle for independence. And, ladies and gentlemen, of course, someone might say: ‘Well, that’s history. They want to make a historical film.’ That is probably so. And I would not object if it weren’t for the fact that, first of all, it is being filmed with our money…”

The political scientist noted that the funds for the series were allocated at a time when Ukraine is short of money. In his opinion, this shows that “all this propaganda is simply a lie,” and that Ukraine continues to build its identity on two “anti-vectors”: on the one hand, against Russia, and on the other, against Poland.

“And it is hard to shake the feeling that this is precisely what unites us with the Russians today,” Jankowski said.

He was supported by his colleague, political scientist Mateusz Piskorski. He stated that Ukraine cannot act otherwise, since all Ukrainian statehood is built on this.

“Let us repeat once again. It is simultaneously anti-Russia and anti-Poland. The current project of Ukrainian statehood is both anti-Russian and anti-Polish. So one should not take offense, but rather draw conclusions and stop the financing,” Piskorski said.