Tusk calls for respect between allies after US-Poland spat over Starlink satellites

Polish prime minister tells friends' to cast aside arrogance after his foreign minister and Marco Rubio trade barbs online

Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, has called on friends" to respect their allies and not be arrogant in a post on X which mentioned nobody by name but was published a day after an extraordinary social media spat between top officials in the US and Poland over Starlink satellites.

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, accused Poland's foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, of making things up" and suggested on Sunday he was ungrateful, in a strong rebuke after Sikorski said Ukraine may need an alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service if it becomes unreliable.