Official: Poland rejects troop deployment to Ukraine

Poland has ruled out sending its soldiers to Ukraine, warning that proposals by some allies to deploy troops after the war ends would undermine peace efforts.

Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Polish president’s office, said in a podcast that the idea of a “coalition of the willing” committing forces to Ukraine was not a viable path towards settlement, Caliber.Az reports.

“We must underline one more point: today, we are dealing with what is called a coalition of the willing. Some may have forgotten what this was, but it referred to countries prepared to send troops to Ukraine. This is not the best solution,” Bogucki said in the Poranny Ring podcast.

He stressed that President Karol Nawrocki had made Poland’s position clear. “The president has explicitly stated that he does not give consent for Polish soldiers to be deployed in Ukraine,” Bogucki said.

Earlier, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul excluded sending German troops to Ukraine, warning such a move would overstrain the Bundeswehr, which is already deployed in Lithuania as part of NATO commitments.

Speaking on the Table Today podcast, he said Kyiv needs coordinated security guarantees from Europe and the US. Wadephul voiced cautious optimism about peace talks after the Anchorage summit with Vladimir Putin, calling it a chance for progress.

He noted that Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump, signalling expectations of potential breakthroughs.

By Aghakazim Guliyev