Speaking in an interview with the state-run TVP Info news channel, Piotr Gliński revealed that several lorries with supplies had already reached the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, including its National Art Gallery, the state PAP news agency reported.
Gliński, who is also Poland's culture minister, added that further lorries would be sent to Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine and Odessa in the southwest of the country.
Poland’s culture ministry said in a statement it was supplying Ukraine’s cultural institutions with a range of donated products necessary to protect their collections, "from fire extinguishers to fire blankets and mineral wool."
It added that destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage would represent “an irrecoverable loss to the entire humanity.”
Gliński also said that Poland would provide warehouse space if Ukraine decided to evacuate its works of art.
“Hopefully it won’t come to this - hopefully Ukraine will manage to defend itself,” Gliński told reporters.
Tuesday is day 20 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24.
Poland on Tuesday reported it had admitted 1.83 million refugees fleeing Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Saturday signed into law a measure to offer wide-ranging support to Ukrainians escaping the Russian invasion of their country.
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Source: PAP