There will be no balancing act with France and Germany.

On January 15, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that it is necessary to start thinking about an alliance between his country and Poland after Kiev joins the European Union (EU).

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Ukraine wants to form an alliance with Poland when it joins the EU. (Source: Ukrinform)

On January 15, in an interview with the Polish newspaper Uklad Sil , Foreign Minister Kuleba stated that Ukraine and Poland should start a real dialogue on how to resolve bilateral issues on the way to the EU in order to prevent crises such as border blockades or grain crises.

Both sides need to prevent such situations from becoming troublesome and resolve them quickly and amicably as both Ukraine and Poland have failed to prevent it from happening.

Stressing that Kiev-Warsaw need to start thinking about an alliance within the EU and try to achieve it, the Ukrainian diplomat explained that his country and Poland "will be very strong and will help each other become stronger".

“That alliance does not need to play a balancing game with the Franco-German alliance or any other alliance in the EU,” Mr Kuleba said.

According to him, with the Ukrainian-Polish union in the EU, for the first time in history the whole of Europe, from Lisbon to Kiev, will be united, while Kiev and Warsaw are part of that "great project" in their own right.

In another development related to the situation in Ukraine, on January 16, the Financial Times quoted three informed sources in the European Union (EU) as saying that Brussels is conducting an inspection of weapons provided by member states to Ukraine since Russia began its special military campaign.

The move comes amid allegations that some countries have sent fewer weapons to Kiev.

The audit was carried out by the EU's External Action Service (EEAS) and is due to report its findings ahead of a summit of EU leaders on February 1.

The EEAS has faced resistance from some countries that are unwilling to provide full figures as requested by the agency.

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