The National Banks of Poland and Ukraine are to issue a joint set of commemorative coins ‘Friendship and Brotherhood are the Greatest Wealth’. Photo:National Bank of Poland It will be put into circulation on 24 August 2023 – the Independence Day of Ukraine. The set, designed by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Taran, consists of two silver coins that together
The Polish foreign minister has said that it’s for Ukraine to decide whether it should agree to a land-for-peace deal with Russia. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau.PAP/Marian Zubrzycki Zbigniew Rau made the comment in a media interview on Wednesday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. It came after an international peace conference last weekend in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where delegates from some
A massive military parade in Warsaw next week will showcase the new modern look of the Polish army on its special day, the country’s deputy prime minister has said, encouraging the public to attend the event in large numbers. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński (right) and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak (left) hold a media briefing at a military
Poland’s NATO membership guarantees protection against "threats from the east," including the presence of Russian mercenaries in Belarus, a senior Polish security official has said. Stanisław ŻarynPAP/Tomasz Gzell Stanisław Żaryn made the comment in an interview with public broadcaster Polish Radio on Tuesday. Żaryn, who is a deputy minister for the security services, said that one of such threats
Senior officials from some 40 countries, including Poland, have held a summit in Saudi Arabia to discuss ways to effect a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine, with the Kyiv delegation saying the meeting agreed on “key principles for restoring peace in Ukraine.” Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.PAP/EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO The peace talks took place in the Red Sea resort
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged allies to provide Ukraine with more modern weaponry, including F-16 fighter jets, after Moscow rained more missiles and drones down on his country at the weekend, saying in a post that "Russia will not stop until it is stopped." Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks to reporters in Warsaw on Friday, April 1, 2022. Photo:
Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has said he has spoken on the phone with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine and the security of the eastern flank of NATO amid tensions with Moscow's ally Belarus. Polish Defence Minister Mariusz BłaszczakPhoto: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Błaszczak said in a social media post that he and Austin on Friday talked about "issues related to the security
Russia has deliberately orchestrated a food crisis as part of its "economic aggression against the Global South," while seeking to protract its war against Ukraine at any cost, a Polish deputy foreign minister has told a UN gathering. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wojciech Gerwel.Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz Addressing a United Nations Security Council meeting on Thursday, Wojciech Gerwel accused Moscow
More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbour in February last year, according to Ukraine's war crimes office. Handmade crosses stand in a residential area on a makeshift grave for a civilian killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Photo: EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY At least 10,749 civilians have been killed and 15,599 have been
The presence of Russia's Wagner Group forces in Belarus poses no military threat to Poland unless the fighters are provided with mechanized equipment, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US think tank. Wagner Group mercenaries.PAP/Stringer / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM Polish officials said on Tuesday that two Belarusian helicopters entered Polish airspace and announced an increased troop presence at the Polish-Belarusian border in response, the Institute
