Donald Trump risks making a “historical mistake” if his negotiations to end the war in Ukraine result in the US recognising Russia’s claims to Crimea and other occupied territory, says the Polish government’s adviser on Ukraine.
Paweł Kowal, who advises Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Ukraine and heads the Polish parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said in an interview that a “red line” would be crossed for Poland and the rest of central Europe if expanded Russian borders were legally recognised as a result of the invasion of a neighbouring country.
Kowal was speaking before flying to Washington on Sunday to meet senior members of the US Congress and Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s special envoy on Ukraine.