@SamRamani2 Before Yalta Stalin promised Poland all ex-German lands east of Odra river in exchange for lands transferred to USSR. In April 1945, ~15k of Poles staying in #krolewiec, convinced it will be part of Poland, set up the city council and a civil guard. Then he broke his promise...
@the_moover @SamRamani2 It's also why #krolewiec is of strategic importance to Poland. Our geopolitical and military position would improve greatly if Russian Federation left the region, one way or another. Gen. #Skrzypczak is right to remind us about that fact.
@ThosGeese@nexta_tv More like a proper compensation. As well as a long-term solution to a geopolitical and military threat to European security from the Russian Federation.
@BujumburaMike@nexta_tv Lviv has rightful and friendly Ukrainian owners and Królewiec is a perfectly legit Polish name for the city. But Kaliningrad is named after a Soviet war criminal and surely we don't want Russian Iskanders over our heads, threatening half of Europe.
@PartiaKresowian Przed konferencją w Jałcie, w zamian za utracone mienie zabużańskie, Stalin obiecywał Polsce wszystkie ziemie poniemieckie na wschód od Odry. Słowa nie dotrzymał. Teraz jest dobry moment, żeby upominać się o #Królewiec.
@Subs941 @nexta_tv You deeply underestimate Polish influence there. Albertina in Królewiec was founded by the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus as the second University in the country after the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Polish magazines were printed until 1939.
@Dariusz_PS@nexta_tv I disagree. Królewiec is crucial to Poland's security and economy. Our government and the EU should have a common agenda regarding the region's future outside the Russian Federation.
@Divilexa@SzymBal @BrotherFounding @ChainsawMelee@Dariusz_PS@nexta_tv Królewiec, like Gdańsk, also burned to the ground by the red army, could have been carefully restored. But soviets only destroyed what was left of the old city and built some soviet blocks instead.