Polish senators on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the enlargement of NATO to include Finland and Sweden in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The upper house of Poland's parliament, the Senate, on Wednesday voted unanimously to enable President Andrzej Duda to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Finland and Sweden.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański The upper house of Poland's parliament passed legislation
Poland's government has announced the signing of a deal to buy tank destroyers for the country's armed forces. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signs a contract for the purchase of tank destroyers for the Polish armed forces, in Warsaw on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. PAP/Leszek Szymański The contract was signed by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Wednesday, news agencies
Poland will have enough coal supplies during the heating season, with the demand met by a combination of domestic production and imports, a senior energy official has said. Piotr NaimskiPR/MS Piotr Naimski, the Polish government’s pointman on strategic energy infrastructure, made the declaration in an interview with public broadcaster Polish Radio on Tuesday. Asked if Poles will have enough coal to heat their homes in the winter, he said: “Poland
An exhibition of Russian military hardware destroyed by Ukrainian troops is set to open this week in the western Polish city of Poznań. A destroyed Russian tank on display in the southwestern Polish city of Wrocław, July 17, 2022Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński Entitled “For Our Freedom and Yours,” the showcase will be available to the public at the city's Museum of Armored Weapons,
A first batch of seven US-made Abrams tanks have arrived in Poland for soldiers to train on, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced on Monday. An M1A2 Abrams tank on a road in Poland.Photo: twitter.com/MON_GOV_PL “The Abrams tanks on which Polish soldiers will be trained, are already in Poland,” Błaszczak said in a tweet. “We will be ready when the first of the 250 state-of-the-art tanks
Ukrainian HIMARS attacks on Russian military targets are likely undermining Moscow’s artillery campaigns in Ukraine, according to a US-based think tank. The US-produced High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).PAP/EPA/Toms Kalnins In its latest assessment of the war in Ukraine, published on Saturday night, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote: “Ukrainian HIMARS strikes against Russian ammunition depots,
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, fires are eating into Ukraine’s grain harvest, officials say. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, fires are eating into Ukraine’s grain harvest, news outlets reported this week. PAP/EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky The war's frontlines are running across some of the rich Ukrainian farmland; and Russia is blockading the Black Sea ports. As a
The European Commission on Friday proposed an import ban on Russian gold as part of a new package of European Union sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine. Ursula von der LeyenEPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI The EU executive also announced measures to tighten existing sanctions against the Kremlin and reinforce controls on dual-use and advanced technology exports. "Russia's brutal war against Ukraine continues unabated," said the European Commission's head, Ursula
Iran’s foreign minister has denied reports that his country is ready to provide Russia with hundreds of combat drones, a Polish website has reported. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has denied reports that his country is ready to provide Russia with hundreds of combat drones, a Polish website reported on Friday. PAP/EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran “avoids
“War criminals will be brought to justice and sentenced,” Poland’s foreign minister said on Thursday ahead of an international conference aimed at prosecuting war crimes committed in Ukraine. Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau talks to reporters ahead of the Accountability for Ukraine conference in the Hague, the Netherlands, on Thursday, July 14, 2022.PAP/Rafał Guz Zbigniew Rau’s words came
