Tusk: Relief reigned as for the first time there were no Russians in the hall; Dmitriyev: You will beg for energy resources

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Viktor Orban's defeat in the recent parliamentary elections in Hungary "radically strengthened mutual trust between European leaders" and that the discussion on Ukraine and Russia at the informal European Union (EU) summit in Cyprus was for the first time conducted in an "extraordinarily frank atmosphere".

Tusk wrote on the X social network that there was "a sense of relief among the leaders on Thursday because for the first time there were no Russians in the room."

Although Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is occasionally accused of being a "Russian fifth column in the EU", Tusk greeted him extremely warmly.

"Everyone pointed out that this discussion was so honest because it was conducted in a different society than before. I say it openly: the change in Hungary has caused a radical strengthening of trust among leaders and everyone has spoken more honestly than before about the Russian-Ukrainian war," Tusk told Polish journalists on the plane on his way back to Warsaw.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisor, Kirill Dmitriyev, immediately responded to Tusk on the X network: "See you in two months when you come to Russia to beg for energy. Please save enough fuel for the plane."

Tusk highlighted the approval of a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine as the first tangible result of Orban's defeat in the elections, as well as the unblocking of money paid by the allies as compensation to those countries that sent weapons and ammunition to Ukraine during the war - Orban blocked a total of €7 billion of that money, of which Poland received almost €500 million from the European Peace Fund.

Tusk also spoke to reporters about his interview published today in the British Financial Times, where he said that the most important question for Europe is whether it can count on the US if Russia attacks.

US Ambassador to Warsaw Tom Rose responded immediately on the X network that "US commitments to Poland are rock-solid and fully deserved."