Ukraine surviving Russia's first strike transformed European security, Polish general says

Krol said Ukraine’s main achievement has been its ability to withstand the initial phase of Russia’s full

“Russians are used to winning the first battle and then the war,” he said.

“Ukraine’s greatest achievement is that it absorbed the first strike and held firm. At the same time, Ukraine has created and developed a new military

He added that those changes extend beyond the armed forces to include state governance and the system of national resilience. Ukraine, he said, has also demonstrated unprecedented development of modern capabilities — drones, satellite communications, around

“All of this is impressive; we see changes in legislation and in the development of national resilience as a whole,” Krol said.

“This concerns not only the military but the entire government. This adaptation has already become part of your defense base. In Poland and other NATO countries we are also trying to adopt these approaches.”