Polish leaders weren't taken seriously about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, though they were concerned long before the first air raid sirens rang out in Kyiv in 2022. Ever since, Poland’s played a leadership role, pushing the EU for more aid to Ukraine and hosting both foreign militaries and millions of refugees as a front-line country. But Poland has its own long-standing conflict with the EU, and that has been pushed to the back burner. How has war in Ukraine changed Poland, and how has Poland changed the EU?
In this episode: 

Bartosz Węglarczyk (@bweglarczyk) editor-in-chief, Onet
Maciej Konieczny (@_mkonieczny), member of Polish Parliament 

Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei with Miranda Lin and our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Andy Greiner and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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