Tusk, who was Poland’s prime minister from 2007 to 2014, at one point approved cooperation between the Polish Military Counter-intelligence Service (SKW) and Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), according to the latest episode of the Reset documentary series, aired by Poland’s state broadcaster TVP on Tuesday.
The episode featured what it said were previously unreleased documents recording behind-the-scenes talks between Polish and Russian security services, under Poland’s previous government led by Tusk's centrist Civic Platform (PO) party, the TVP Info website reported.
The documents show that Tusk, in his role as prime minister, approved cooperation between Polish military counter-intelligence and Russia’s main security agency FSB, according to the niezalezna.pl website.
Rafał Bochenek from Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Wednesday that "Tusk’s decision was outrageous.”
In an interview with public broadcaster Polish Radio, Bochenek said that Russian security services "were a continuation of communist-era agencies" and had in the past “infiltrated foreign countries” and instigated the overthrow of many governments.
Bochenek asserted that, according to the TVP documentary, Poland shared NATO information with Kremlin officials as part of Polish-Russian cooperation, which he said “undermined national security.”
He urged the US ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, to comment on the issue and confirm whether Washington knew about any such cooperation between Polish and Russian security services, niezalezna.pl reported.
Wednesday is day 588 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
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Source: PAP, niezalezna.pl, TVP Info