RT reported that rather than sending weapons to Ukraine, Poland is now focused on bolstering its own defenses.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says, "We are no longer transferring any weapons to Ukraine, because now we will arm ourselves with the most modern weapons. If you don't want to be attacked, you must have something to defend yourself with. This is the principle we adhere to, which is why we have made increased orders, with focus on modernizing and quickly arming the Polish army, so that it becomes one of the strongest armies in Europe in a very short time."

Morawiecki reportedly added that, even though Poland will no longer send arms, it will remain a hub for NATO weapons. The country is one of Kiev's major suppliers with the total aid from Ukraine to Poland in 2022 estimated at 6.4 billion euros.

The Ukrainian ambassador has been summoned by the Polish Foreign Ministry over the comments made by President Zelenskyy, as he scoffed at some European friends of Kiev, accusing them of helping Moscow with their bans on Ukrainian grain. The Polish president has also cancelled his planned meeting with the Ukrainian president in New York and during his speech at the UN Assembly, compared Ukraine to a drowning person who may pull its allies down with iit.

Earlier, Warsaw extended the Ukrainian grain embargo to protect its own farmers. They were joined by Slovakia and Hungary. Kiev in turn announced some restrictions on Polish agricultural products and has filed lawsuits at the World Trade Organization against these countries. 

Scott Ritter, former U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Officer says battlefield realities made Poland rethink its support for Ukraine. "I think we're going to see all of this dry up. Meaning that Polish resources are going to be used to take care of Polish needs. Poland has started to take a look at the reality of the battlefield recognizing that Ukraine has lost this war, cannot win this war, also recognizing that if they continue to give away military equipment to Ukraine, they won't be able to build up this expanded military that Poland believes it needs to defend itself against a Russian threat, from a Polish perspective, that would emerge in a post-Ukraine conflict. A Russian military that's victorious, that's large. Poland feels exposed and they believe that they need to have Polish military equipment used to build up Polish military capabilities and not to give it away to Ukraine."