Painted blue and white to look like an ocean liner, the Polish port-master building is named Nowy Swiat: new world. A year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland’s own tragic history with Moscow has left it determined, in this brave new world, not to fail its closest neighbour – and not to fail itself. Some 1.5 million Ukrainians are estimated to have found refuge in Poland, while Warsaw has supplied Kyiv with nearly €2 billion in military aid. Southwest Poland is a key supply base and training hub for Ukrainian soldiers, while Warsaw plans to boost its military spending budget...