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What did Kyiv and Warsaw signal in March 2018?
Summary
Two reports from 28 March 2018 show a Ukrainian former president's reaction to the Skripal poisoning and a Polish missile purchase from the United States.
What was being said in Ukraine's neighbourhood about security as 30 March 2018 arrived? Two reports from 28 March, two days earlier, give part of the picture.
In reaction to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko called for military action against Russia to be considered. Yushchenko was himself the victim of a poisoning in September 2004, which he cited in the context of his comments.
The same day, Poland signed a deal with the United States to buy a Patriot missile system for US$4.75 billion.
The two items are separate: one is a political reaction to the Skripal case, the other a defence procurement agreement between Warsaw and Washington. Together they show how security questions were being discussed in the region in the final days of March 2018.
