Piotr Kulpa, former secretary of the Polish delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and former Deputy Minister of Economy of Poland, said this in an interview with Antin Borkovskyi, host of the Studio West program on Espreso TV."I consider it an incredible scandal that in Ukraine, which is defending Europe (there are 210 brigades in Europe, 120 of them are Ukrainian), a piece of safe sky over the territory of Ukraine has not yet been created, the security of which could be ensured. Especially since there is a reason – to prevent an attack on their own countries. The key issue here is that in Europe there are what we call armies, what we call some military-industrial complexes that produce something," he said.Kulpa noted that the issue is that both in the army and in the military-industrial complex, their hands are tied by decisions from Washington."For example, the Polish army was created and exists as an auxiliary army of NATO. The Polish army does not have its own 'buttons' and the ability to act without Washington's permission. And this is a conscious policy of Washington, which does not want its allies to have escalatory capabilities. And at the diplomatic level, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs is not dependent on the government. This was heard very loudly in 2022-2023, and now this topic is returning," the official stressed.According to the politician, regarding the coordination of cooperation - one simply needs to see the reality."It is such that here Ukraine possesses the knowledge, technologies, and organizational models necessary to quickly rebuild the army. Many organizations involved in Poland's defense talk about this. The awareness of political elites is also changing. For example, former Prime Minister Morawiecki publicly admitted that it was a mistake to buy a large number of tanks at the beginning of 2023. But then, he says, it seemed to everyone that tanks were better. Ukraine wanted tanks. It would have been better to invest in drones. Now, he says, he is doing everything possible to make it so. He was at an exhibition – there was Ukraine, Ukraine, and again Ukraine. First and foremost, Fire point, this is over 90% of Ukraine's strategic strike force. What we see being destroyed in Russia is that company. It is obvious that there is an incredible desire to acquire at least a piece of this potential and to cooperate. Therefore, let's watch," he noted.Kulpa added that he has information about such readiness."Poland - both the government and the opposition - supports joint projects that will strengthen both Ukraine and the defense capabilities of NATO countries. Everyone understands that Putin can break through the Ukrainian front wall. By the way, it has been calculated that at this rate of warfare, Putin would need 65 years to capture Ukraine. Today, Putin looks at Europe the way Ukraine used to look at the Kursk region: he could achieve success due to unpreparedness," the official said.The politician added that cooperation is the key to breaking this formula, so that the Ukrainian military can help the Baltics and Poland be ready."I want to say one more thing. If Putin really strikes kinetically against Poland and the Baltic countries, this fact immediately makes Ukraine part of the defense system, part of NATO. This is a factor that arises on a horizontal plane, regardless of whether Washington likes it, because then we find ourselves on the same front. And today, what we can do is to support Ukraine as much as possible," he concluded.