Poland’s Kaczynski Calls for Military-Backed Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) speaks during the "From The Depths Zabinski Awards", honoring non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust and WWII in Warsaw, Poland, on Sept. 18, 2017. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images

The head of Poland’s ruling party has called for a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine that would have the capacity to defend itself and would operate under the auspices of NATO or a broader international alliance.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Poland’s deputy prime minister for security and the leader of the conservative ruling party, Law and Justice, called for the move on Tuesday during a visit to Kyiv.