Putin: If Polish Troops Enter Ukraine, They Will Not Leave

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JAKARTA - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Polish kika sent troops to Ukraine, so they would not leave because they wanted to take back the area they thought belonged to Poland.

"Because if, say, Polish troops enter Ukrainian territory for as it is said to protect the Ukrainian-Belarusia border, for example, or elsewhere to release Ukrainian military contingents to participate in hostilities on the line. If there is a contact, then I think Polish troops will never leave," Putin said in an interview with Rossiya 1 and Ria Novosti.

Putin explained that Poland wants to take back areas it has historically considered.

"Because they want to come back... they dream, they want to return the area they have historically considered, and those taken from them by the Father of the Nation (Russia), Joseph Visarionovich Stalin, and transferred to Ukraine. Of course, they want that back," he added.

"For this reason, if an official unit of Polish troops enters Ukraine, then it is likely that these troops will not leave," Putin said further.