Mr Grunwald
18 Dec 2023
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]
@Bobko
I honestly think it was due to incompetence and poor decision making in the moment. The price paid was too high, confidence too high and both sides unwilling to admit mistakes or fault while level of trust was and still is very low.
Polish society honestly was expecting some kind of invasion or military action. Since no military action was taken from Russias side, I bet it calmed down a lot of nerves that Russia wasn't opportunistic.
It quickly changed however after how things were handled, later on invasions and special operations made it become a lost opportunity to improve relations between Russia and Poland on national level.
I blame both Poland's and Russia's department of foreign affairs for that
@Bobko
I honestly think it was due to incompetence and poor decision making in the moment. The price paid was too high, confidence too high and both sides unwilling to admit mistakes or fault while level of trust was and still is very low.
Polish society honestly was expecting some kind of invasion or military action. Since no military action was taken from Russias side, I bet it calmed down a lot of nerves that Russia wasn't opportunistic.
It quickly changed however after how things were handled, later on invasions and special operations made it become a lost opportunity to improve relations between Russia and Poland on national level.
I blame both Poland's and Russia's department of foreign affairs for that