Situationen i Ukraina just nu, del 3

WARSAW - Poland is ready to help Ukraine by providing it with weapons, says Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski.

But such questions are based on a misperception of the situation: Putin has no need of invading Belarus as he did Ukraine, she says. Instead, he has full control of Ukraine’s northern neighbor and is taking steps to prepare it to become a place d’armes from which Moscow can attack Kyiv from the north.

Poroshenko said he will ask Ukraine's lawmakers to end its status as a non-aligned nation and to pave way for strengthening ties with NATO security structures. He said the aim of Ukraine's reform plan is to be ready to seek EU membership in 2020. Poroshenko said Crimea is an "open wound" but he believes the "Ukrainian flag will fly over it again."

He said Poles must have had bad experiences from dealing with the centralized, corruption-ridden country.

"I have good news for you: that country is no more," Poroshenko said because reforms to fight corruption and oversee the decentralization of the administration are underway.

It might be hypothesized therefore, that in
general the belief that officials are corrupt is based not on direct experience, but rather on
stereotypes, rumors, news reports, and so on. Moreover, most of the respondents who had
had contact with officialdom declared that the people serving them were competent, willing to
help and did their work promptly. Only 3% of respondents said they were asked directly or
indirectly by an official for a bribe or other undue advantage. Those data suggest that the
condition of the Polish public sector is not as bad as one might judge from public opinion
polls.