Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak and Polish National Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz have discussed the situation in Donbas and threats from the Russian side at the talks in Warsaw.

"During the meeting, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak informed about the situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, about the threats that exist on the part of the Russian Federation ... Macierewicz said that news about the situation in the east of Ukraine indicates that Russia continues ignoring the Minsk agreements. He expressed concern about the danger of aggravation of the situation in connection with the West-2017 drills, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on the results of the talks.

The sides also discussed the issue of strengthening cooperation between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Poland in the field of military and technical cooperation, further development and training of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade (LitPolUkrBrig).

"I highly appreciate the results of this meeting, which once again proves that Poland was, is and will be a strategic partner for Ukraine," Poltorak said.