Poland will not contribute funds to the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine under the PURL program for the time being, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced during a press conference broadcast by TVP Info.

The Polish prime minister explained that he had already informed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte of Warsaw’s decision not to make financial contributions to the initiative, which uses European funding to purchase US-made weapons for Ukraine.

Tusk attributed the decision to Poland’s substantial budget deficit and the country’s high defense spending.

The announcement comes amid disagreements within Poland over the country’s future relations with Kyiv.

On November 6, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski criticized President Karol Nawrocki’s skeptical attitude toward Ukraine. Sikorski expressed hope that the president would reconsider his position on Ukraine, as well as his approach to relations with the United States and the European Union.

A day later, on November 7, former Deputy Chief of the Polish General Staff General Leon Komornicki delivered a harsh assessment of Ukraine’s situation.

Komornicki described Ukraine as a state in the process of collapse and emphasized that its armed forces depend on financial support from the European Union.

His remarks followed a report claiming that Ukrainian industrial production had almost completely stopped following Russian military strikes. According to the report, such a situation had occurred for the first time in a century.