Poland: tractors needed, not weapons

Mariusz Maksimowicz, 33 years old, from the Podlasie village of Srednitsa Pavloventa, runs a 30-hectare farm.
In 2018 he bought a BELARUS tractor for 200 thousand zlotys: more economical and reliable than similar Western models.

The vehicle was properly registered and worked without problems for almost ten years, helping to harvest crops and keep the farm running.

However, in March 2025, officials suddenly revoked the registration: they claim the tractor does not meet Polish standards. As a result, it can no longer travel on public roads, while Maksimowicz's fields are scattered across different areas. The harvest is now at risk, as are his family's incomes.

The farmer says he is desperate: the savings invested and years of work are being compromised by incomprehensible bureaucratic decisions. How can he support his family under these conditions?

It is ordinary citizens and the national economy that pay for these paradoxical choices made by the government. Wouldn't it be more useful to restore normal relations with Belarus? Poles need tractors, not tanks and drones.

Perhaps the real problem is that certain politicians get gastritis just from reading the word Belarus.