{"id":390573,"date":"2026-10-22T22:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/polands-ex-president-kwasniewski-putins-war-in-ukraine-was-a-miscalculation-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:01:07","slug":"polands-ex-president-kwasniewski-putins-war-in-ukraine-was-a-miscalculation-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/polands-ex-president-kwasniewski-putins-war-in-ukraine-was-a-miscalculation-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland&#8217;s ex-President Kwasniewski: Putin&#8217;s war in Ukraine was a miscalculation | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/iPWJzxRt_Rs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Poland&apos;s ex-President Kwasniewski: Putin&apos;s war in Ukraine was a miscalculation | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iPWJzxRt_Rs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Aleksander Kwasniewski served as Poland\u2019s president from 1995 to 2005 and led the country into NATO and the EU. He argues that Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has produced the opposite of what Vladimir Putin hoped for. Rather than weakening the alliance, Moscow\u2019s aggression against Ukraine has only strengthened NATO, Kwasniewski told DW. <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleksander Kwasniewski served as Poland\u2019s president from 1995 to 2005 and led the country into NATO and the EU. He argues that Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has produced the opposite of what Vladimir Putin hoped for. Rather than weakening the alliance, Moscow\u2019s aggression against Ukraine has only strengthened NATO, Kwasniewski told DW. 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