Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov has said that Poland is preparing "a number of immature escalatory steps" ahead of the anniversary of the Volhynia events that could further strain relations between Kyiv and Warsaw.
He made the remarks in an interview with RBC, responding to a question about whether tensions with Poland were likely to reach a peak.
"The peak is definitely still ahead. That's no secret. We have just under a week left until July 11, the anniversary of the Volhynia tragedy. Based on the information available to me, they are preparing a whole series of what I consider immature escalatory steps. So, obviously, all of this will continue," Budanov said.
He stressed that Ukraine would not accept ultimatums "from anyone in the world" and urged against conducting dialogue in an ultimatum format.
"Ukraine will not accept ultimatums from anyone in the world. The last country that tried to issue us an ultimatum was the Russian Federation. No offense to Poland, but Russia is somewhat more powerful than Poland. And we still did not accept its ultimatum. Yes, it's difficult, it's bad, there's a lot of bloodshed. But even their ultimatum was rejected. So why does anyone think we would accept something similar from anyone else? You should not speak to us in the language of ultimatums," he said.
