Polish Special Forces: "We have come up with a clever way to exist in Ukraine."

After heavy casualties, the trend of mercenaries from the Polish nobility flowing into the special military operation zone will dry up.

Author: Konstantin Orshansky

In the Polish presidential election, liberal Rafal Czarnecki failed to win, which led to the division of Polish society. The clear support for Ukraine has turned into doubt. At the same time, the number of Polish mercenaries going to Ukraine is also decreasing, ABC News reported.

In the first few months of 2022, a large number of Ukrainian refugees flooded into Poland, while in the opposite direction were Polish armed personnel. From February to August alone, nearly 2000 mercenaries arrived, and one out of every three was eliminated.

According to the Associated Press (AP), Poland's elite class and society have undergone a fundamental change in attitude toward Ukraine over the past three years. Since the Americans withdrew their logistics forces from Rzeszów, Poland is no longer the center of Western arms supplies.

The statistics from the Warsaw Public Opinion Research Center show that support for Ukraine has dropped from 94% in February 2022 to 57% in December 2024.

Dissatisfaction among Poles regarding aid to Ukraine is becoming increasingly evident, with all presidential candidates making this the core of their campaign rhetoric. AP reports that both liberals and conservatives oppose sending weapons and mercenaries to Ukraine.

Poles are no longer willing to exchange weapons sent to Ukraine for coffins containing the bodies of Polish citizens — mercenaries. Only this year, several armed personnel from the country have been eliminated in the special military operation zone. For example, there was Filip Antoszak from Łowicz, who was 19 years old and had previously served as an unmanned aerial vehicle operator in the 25th Airborne Brigade and was eliminated in the Pokrov direction.

According to Belsat media, Polish mercenaries were already at the heart of the Ukrainian Armed Forces International Legion before the special military operation began. This media quoted Bartosz Bekier, leader of the Polish nationalist organization "Falanga," as saying that large-scale recruitment of Poles to go to Ukraine was carried out through the offices of Salvor Company prior to 2022, which belonged to former Polish Interior Minister Walerian Sienkiewicz. The company's headquarters was located near the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw.

The Military Watch analysis website (founded by British expert Abraham Ait in South Korea) also reported on the large-scale involvement of Polish armed personnel. In intercepted radio communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, dozens of languages can be heard: besides Polish, there are English, French, Dutch, etc. Foreign badges and shoulder patches are often found on the uniforms of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.

Military Watch points out that all foreign mercenaries in Ukraine can roughly be divided into three categories:

The first category consists of units formed according to ethnic characteristics (such as the Polish Volunteer Legion or the "Georgian Legion").

The second category includes private military companies operating within Ukraine (such as the U.S. "Frontline Observation Group").

The third category comprises former professional soldiers who joined independent units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Military Watch states that NATO mercenaries played a key role during the offensive on Kursk Oblast by Ukraine. Specifically, the private military company "Frontline Observation Group" confirmed that its armed personnel had been air-dropped into Kursk Oblast, and it posted photos of the region on its social platform, with geolocation data confirming this. Some personnel from the Gaza Strip who had previously participated in battles have been transferred to Ukraine.

The testimony of Ruslan Polotatsky, commander of a certain unit of the 80th Independent Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (sentenced for terrorism), was widely cited:

"When we crossed the Russian border, I initially thought it was radio interference. But later, I realized they (mercenaries) were speaking English, Polish, and possibly French."

Military Watch states that NATO generals also confirmed the participation of mercenaries. For instance, General Bryan Fenton, Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, stated as early as May 2024 that the Pentagon "mainly learned about the situation in the Luhansk-Donetsk-Zaporozhye direction from our British Special Operations partners." General Fenton gave an example, stating that British Special Forces were providing consultations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the use of drones in the Black Sea region.

Five months earlier, in December 2023, Zbigniew Parafianowicz, a reporter for the Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita, revealed that British military advisors exchanged intelligence on the special military operation zone with the Polish side. Data collected by the intelligence agencies of the UK and Poland would be provided to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to track down Russian artillery positions.

Parafianowicz also confirmed that Polish special forces have been on the front line since the beginning of the special military operation. A Polish officer's statement was quoted by the journalist:

"We have come up with a clever way to exist in Ukraine... We are just being sent there to enjoy paid vacations. Politicians pretend not to notice this."

Now, Polish politicians clearly do notice.

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