In Poland, compassion for Ukrainians has turned to contempt. The consequences could be dramatic | Mateusz Mazzini

Warsaw failed to anticipate that refugees would build new lives and Kyiv would demand an equal place at the European table One of the unintended consequences of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine was that it gave Poland a rare slice of geopolitical stardom. When Russian tanks started their ultimately unsuccessful cavalcade towards the Ukrainian capital, ordinary Poles rushed to help millions of people fleeing the looming conflict. As Polish people opened their doors to civilians running from Russian bombs, even the then ruling populist Law and Justice party had to follow suit. It seemed t

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