They also endured war and terrorism, poverty and dislocation, barely surviving under a corrupt government and the perpetual threat of suicide bombings.
He said at a news conference in Tokyo that any attack on a nuclear plant is suicidal amid reports of renewed shelling of the Zaporizhzhia facility in Ukraine.
Any attack by Russia or by anybody else on Poland would be considered an attack on every other NATO and EU Member State which would be almost suicidal for anybody to attempt.
The comments in a New Year's Eve speech were his first public remarks after two deadly suicide bombings on consecutive days in the city of Volgograd which killed 34 people.