Poland's president vetoed legislation that extended state financial support for Ukrainian refugees and unveiled plans to limit refugees' future access to child benefits and healthcare. Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the veto removed the legal basis used to provide Starlink satellite internet to Ukraine and warned that Poland-funded support could end at the end of September. Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticised the veto but lacks a two-thirds parliamentary majority to override it. A labour minister condemned punishing refugees and children. A presidential spokesperson said the legal basis for Starlink payments could be restored if parliament adopts a presidential bill before the stated deadline.
Neighbour Poland has been one of Ukraine's staunchest backers since Russia invaded in 2022. Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink could be cut due to the Polish president's veto of a refugee aid bill, a Polish deputy prime minister said, as a conflict between the government and head of state deepens and undermines the once ironclad support of its war-torn neighbour. Poland pays for Ukraine to use Starlink, which provides crucial internet connectivity to the country and its military as they try to push back invading Russian forces.
Right-wing Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Monday vetoed a bill extending state financial support provided to Ukrainian refugees and unveiled plans to limit their future access to child benefits and healthcare. However, Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the vetoed legislation also provided the legal basis for providing Starlink to Ukraine. This is the end of Starlink internet, which Poland provides to Ukraine as it wages war, he wrote on X.
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