According to the Polish Press Agency (PAP), the Prime Minister of Poland has announced he will no longer be sending weapons to Ukraine.

Poland has taken the lead in many ways to help Ukraine during the war against Russia with humanitarian, financial and military assistance for Ukraine.  This recent decision from Poland’s Prime Minister affects the “modern” weaponry to Ukraine and in no way will it affect the arms agreement signed in 1989 between the two countries.

During an interview to PAP, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said, “We no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine, we are now arming ourselves with the most modern weapons. If you want to defend yourself, you have to have something to defend with.”

The PAP reports that the prime minister’s decision to halt the transfer of weapons resulted from a “series of absolutely unacceptable statements and diplomatic gestures” by Ukraine.

The change in policy from Poland seems to involve a temporary grain ban from Ukraine earlier this year because the low prices of grain from Ukraine were plummeting competing businesses of farmers in the EU.

During the Ukrainian President’s address to the UN General Assembly, he addressed the ban as “political theatre” warning Poland is “helping set the stage to a Moscow actor.”

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According to a spokesman for the Polish government, “We remind you that in the first months of the war, Poland supplied tanks, armored vehicles, planes and ammunition that were key to preventing Russia from attacking Ukraine and potentially other EU countries – including Poland. In the first months of the war, when other EU countries talked about support, Poland consistently helped repel Russia’s attack.”