Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said he is “a big supporter of Poland’s entry into the nuclear project” and the country “should go down this path”.
“This path, while respecting all international norms, is the path we should take… We need to act in this direction so that we can start working. We-state located at the border of armed conflict. We know what the attitude of the aggressive, imperial Russian Federation towards Poland is,” said Nawrocki (quoted by Polsat).
He said he did not know if it would happen at all, but supported strengthening Poland’s security “even with reliance on nuclear capabilities.”
Asked about Moscow’s possible actions if work on Poland’s nuclear programme begins, Nawrocki said that “Russia could react aggressively to anything.”
Poland has repeatedly declared its readiness to at least deploy US nuclear weapons on its territory, a proposal that the country’s previous president Andrzej Duda put forward in the spring of 2025. At that time, he called on the US to move nuclear warheads to its territory as a deterrent against Russian aggression.
Nawrocki: Poland should join the “nuclear project”