The world has seen that Russia's rulers control nothing, there is total chaos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, commenting on what may have turned into a military coup in Russia by rogue Wagner mercenary forces on Saturday. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.PAP/EPA/DUMITRU DORU Zelensky's remarks came in a video statement released late on Saturday. "Today the world saw
The recent rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin has revealed weaknesses within the Kremlin, while strengthening the position of Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka, according to the latest report by the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Wagner Group mercenaries in Russia's Rostov-on-Don.PAP/EPA/ARKADY BUDNITSKY ISW analysts predict that the effects of Russian President Vladimir Putin's televised appearance,
A Warsaw court has for a second time refused the prosecutor's request to issue an arrest warrant for Leszek Czarnecki - until 2018 one of the richest Poles. Leszek CzarneckiPAP/Jakub Kamiński The Polish Prosecutor's Office claims that Czarnecki, "As the Chair of the Supervisory Board and the de facto managing director of the company, through granting permission, enabled the
The Kremlin has introduced an "anti-terrorist operation" regime in Moscow, the Moscow region, and the Voronezh region in response to the Wagner Group revolt, independent Russian portal Meduza reported on Saturday. Photo:PAP/EPA/ARKADY BUDNITSKY As part of the security measures, individuals may be required to provide identification or face potential detention for verification purposes. Additionally, individuals entering or
The Council of the European Union has formally adopted the 11th package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, officials announced on Friday. Photo:Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons EU member states have approved the new sanctions, which are designed mainly to ensure that existing punitive measures are not bypassed, Polish state
Consumer sentiment in Poland has improved this month, the country’s statistics office has reported, amid reduced worries over economic risks and the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine. Pixabay LicenseImage by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay The state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said its Current Consumer Confidence Index, which describes current trends in personal consumption, rose by 1.7 points in June, while remaining in negative territory of “minus 28.2” points. Polish consumers surveyed this month were more
Polish prosecutors have charged two Belarusian citizens based in Poland with spying for their country’s military intelligence agency, officials said on Wednesday. Photo:PAP/Albert Zawada The charges were brought by the Regional Prosecution Office in the western Polish city of Poznań, state news agency PAP reported. Poland’s National Public Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that the two men were detained
Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has met with his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu to discuss European security amid Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, according to officials. Polish Defence Minister Mariusz BłaszczakPhoto: PAP/Radek Pietruszka The Polish defence ministry said in a tweet that Błaszczak and Lecornu talked about "bilateral cooperation and the security situation in the region" when they met in Paris on Monday. Błaszczak also met with French President
Russia has failed to achieve any of its strategic military goals in Ukraine, while the Kremlin’s aggression has spurred unprecedented levels of international cooperation and assistance to Kyiv, the Polish foreign minister has said. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau addresses an annual conference of Polish ambassadors, in Warsaw, on Monday, June 19, 2023.Twitter/Polish Ministry of Foreign
At least 16 people have died in Ukraine as a result of the flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, Kyiv officials have said. Settlements on the left bank of Dnieper River are underwater after the Kakhovka Dam was breached on 6th June, 2023.Photo: Armyinform, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Russian officials claim that 29
