# Poland's former president Kwasniewski says Putin miscalculated with Ukraine war

https://mins.news/en/video/111673

- DW News, 2026-10-22 19:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPWJzxRt_Rs

> Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski argues that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has had the opposite effect to what Vladimir Putin intended. He told DW that Moscow’s aggression has strengthened NATO rather than weakened the alliance.

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