Tusk opens recovery talks Urges truth and solidarity

Jun 25

In his full Gdańsk opening speech, Donald Tusk welcomes political and business leaders and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as co-host. He says thousands will work for two days on Ukraine's postwar reconstruction. He presents Europe's unity and solidarity against aggression as a historic mission and uses Gdańsk's wartime destruction and rebuilding as an analogy for restoring Ukrainian cities. He expresses belief that Ukraine will withstand Russian aggression and that a postwar future can come soon through solidarity. Reconstruction, he says, also concerns people and community: Ukraine rightly seeks a united Europe, and true unity requires understanding history and willingness to reconcile. Citing former European adversaries' ability to cooperate, he appeals to Poles, Ukrainians and other Europeans for truth, mutual respect and a shared future. He recalls witnessing Solidarity's birth at the shipyard, pledges to do what he can, asks others to help and wishes the delegates successful business and political talks. These are appeals and beliefs; he announces no specific financial agreement, war-end date or new legal accession condition.

The Ukraine Recovery Conference opens in Gdańsk on 25 June 2026. In his opening speech, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomes political and business participants and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as co-host. He says thousands will work together over two days on Ukraine's postwar rebuilding, presents Gdańsk's reconstruction as an example and calls for solidarity so Ukraine can withstand Russian aggression and its destroyed cities can be rebuilt. His hope for a near postwar future and pledge to help are political appeals, not an announced settlement, reconstruction contract or funding allocation.