Paweł Jabłoński made the remark in an interview with Polish Radio on Tuesday.
He told the Polish public broadcaster that Russia had launched an offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, saying: “Indeed, what had been almost certain for the past few weeks is now starting to happen."
He added that “heavy artillery bombardment started on Sunday, on a much bigger scale than before.”
Jabłoński also said that Russia had moved “practically all of its forces” to the eastern front “to totally subjugate eastern Ukraine.”
Meanwhile, Ukraine said the invaders were seeking to break down its defences in the Donbas and Luhansk regions, as well as taking control of the strategic southern port of Mariupol, according to Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.
‘Existential threat to Europe’
Jabłoński told Polish Radio that “what is going on in Ukraine today, following the Russian invasion, is having a huge impact on how the European Union is going to function.”
He urged the EU “to act united, instead of being dominated by its biggest members.”
He argued that the bloc "must act in solidarity" because "we as Europe are facing an existential threat," with "a rogue state at our borders.”
He also said that Russia's policy was based “on aggression, on inflicting pain, death and suffering.”
“If the EU understands this, it will survive - if not, we’ll be split by new divisions and we’ll grow weaker and weaker as Europe,” Jabłoński warned.
“It’s a key moment in the history of our continent,” he added.
Tuesday is day 55 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP