On 3 August , Sikorski told CNN 's Fareed Zakaria that the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash had helped bring European leaders together against Russia . He noted the sanctions will cause economic " losses all around " , especially for Poland , but declared that Europe can not " stand idly by when Russia annexes , for the first time since the Second World War , a neighbor 's province . And now supplying sophisticated weaponry to the separatists . " He called for more NATO troops in Poland and prepositioning of its equipment , as well as standing defense plans and bigger response forces
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Radosław Sikorski