WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea. Radek Sikorski made the observation during a discussion marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s NATO membership in the Polish parliament on Friday, and the Foreign Ministry […]
Some 20,000 soldiers from nine NATO countries transporting battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other military equipment crossed the Vistula river on Monday in a major NATO manoeuvre to test its readiness against Russia. The operation – Dragon 24 – took place on Poland’s longest river near Korzeniewo, which is about 100 kilometres south of […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday sharply criticized the Hungarian and Slovak foreign ministers for meeting with their Russian counterpart during a regional forum in Turkey. Tusk said that meeting Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the same day that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried in Moscow was […]
Warsaw’s opposition to Ukrainian agricultural products is related to the country’s internal politics, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a press conference on March 4, attended by a Kyiv Independent reporter. He pointed out that economically, the ongoing trade disputes and border blockade cost Poland more than Ukraine. Polish farmers began blocking trucks at the […]
(Bloomberg) — Poland’s premier admonished his Slovak counterpart at a high-level meeting in Prague over his criticism of military aid to Ukraine, laying bare European divisions over the region’s backing for Kyiv. Most Read from Bloomberg Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, who returned to office last year on a campaign to halt weapon shipments […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of farmers marched in Poland’s capital on Tuesday to protest European Union agricultural policies and imports of cheap food from neighboring Ukraine, part of weeks of similar protests across Europe. Protesters say they want the Polish government to withdraw from the EU’s Green Deal, a plan meant to fight climate […]
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is warning Western countries that Russia could expand its military aggression in Ukraine to other countries. If Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev make threats, then unfortunately he has to believe them, the liberal-conservative politician said in comments carried by broadcaster TVN24 on Sunday. It was […]
On the second anniversary of the full-scale war, Polish President Andrzej Duda has stated that Warsaw’s support for Kyiv in resisting Russian aggression will remain unchanged. Source: Andrzej Duda on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Quote: “We supported, we support, and we will continue supporting Ukraine in its fight for freedom! Right now, […]
PARIS (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was traveling to Paris and Berlin on Monday in a diplomatic effort to rebuild key alliances as fears grow that former President Donald Trump could return to power in the United States and give Russia a free hand to expand its aggression in Europe. The meetings on […]
Ukraine must fully regain its territorial integrity, including temporarily occupied Crimea, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated on Polish Radio on Feb. 5. Duda misspoke about Ukraine’s prospects for liberating Crimea and is now clarifying his belief that Ukraine must reassert control over all its internationally recognized territories. Read also: Poland’s President Duda clarifies his total […]
Ukraine must fully regain its territorial integrity, including temporarily occupied Crimea, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated on PolishRadio on Feb. 5. Duda misspoke about Ukraine’s prospects for liberating Crimea and is now clarifying his belief that Ukraine must reassert control over all its internationally recognized territories. Read also: Duda warns of Putin forming ‘coalition of […]
For the second day in a row, Michał Kołodziejczak, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, has arrived to oversee the inspection of agricultural goods imported from Ukraine. Source: Polish radio station RMF24, as reported by European Pravda Details: In his social media posts, Kołodziejczak indicated that he was going to inspect the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint on Sunday […]