2 years agoThe head of BBN @JacekSiewiera received @Amb_Niemiec today. The talks focused on increasing the security of the eastern flank and supporting Ukraine. The head of the BBN also announced that President @AndrzejDuda appreciates the German offer to strengthen the security of the Polish airspace with Patriot systems
2 years agoPoland announces the acceptance of a German proposal to deploy Patriot missile batteries on its soil
2 years agoHelsinki: Finland's PM @MarinSanna says Russia's actions in Ukraine "will not go unpunished" Polish PM @MorawieckiM -"we must hit Russia harder than it might expect" Also points to NATO enlargement "we -as the V4 format -we will be asking Viktor Orban for the quick ratification"
2 years agoDuda has met with CIA chief Bill Burns, who visited Warsaw this week after stops in Ankara and Kyiv
2 years agoWhite House just now: "We have seen nothing that contradicts President Duda's preliminary assessment that this explosion was most likely the result of a Ukrainian air defense missile that unfortunately landed in Poland
2 years agoStoltenberg: NATO countries stand in solidarity with Poland; we will continue to support Ukraine
2 years agoPrime Minister @MorawieckiM: most of the evidence we have collected indicates that perhaps the launch of Art. 4 NATO will not be necessary this time, but this instrument is still in our hands
2 years agoPresident Duda: yesterday we watched Russia's massive attack against Ukraine; areas near the border with Poland were also bombed. The Russian side is to blame for the situation. There is no indication of an intentional attack on Poland
2 years agoPresident @andrzejduda says the Russian side is responsible for what happened yesterday. Also no indication that it was an intentional attack on Poland. Most-likely S-300 missile. We have no evidence that it was a rocket launched by Russia. Most likely- Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile
2 years agoDuda after the BBN meeting: the explosion in Przewodowo was not an attack on Poland
2 years agoThe KGB of Belarus sees a threat of intervention from the territory of the Baltic States, Poland and Ukraine
2 years agoNew image from the impact site in Poland shows two distinct pieces of 5V55 (S-300) debris
2 years agoU.S. President Joe Biden told G7 and NATO partners that a missile blast in Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile, a NATO source told @Reuters
2 years agoPolish Radio: Russian Ambassador, summoned last night to the Polish MFA, spent there 4 minutes
2 years agoWarsaw has withdrawn its request for a NATO Article 4 meeting over the explosions that killed two people last night, per officials. NATO ambassadors will discuss the situation at their (already-scheduled) 10 am meeting; Sec Gen Stoltenberg will brief around 12:30
2 years agoInitial findings suggest that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile, Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials
2 years agoReadout of Blinken's call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister
2 years agoNATO and the Group of Seven discuss the attack on the Polish border region with Ukraine on the sidelines of the G20 meetings
2 years agoJoint statement issued by NATO and G7 leaders on the Ukraine-Russia War
2 years agoPresident Biden says after meeting allies that they will support Poland in probing "exactly what happened" in a missile strike that hit Polish territory. He says preliminary information shows it was probably was not fired "from Russia" - citing the missile's trajectory
2 years agoPoland's President @andrzejduda says "most likely" a Russian-made rocket fell in Przewodow but "we have no clear evidence who fired it"
2 years agoPoland's MFA says a Russian-made missile fell in Przewodow. Russian ambassador summoned to the Polish MFA
2 years agoNATO ambassadors to hold emergency meeting at Poland's request
2 years agoThe conversation of Presidents @AndrzejDuda and @ZelenskyyUa is underway
2 years agoPoland's President @AndrzejDuda decided to convene the National Security Council tomorrow at noon (CET) - says presidential chief of staff @PSzrot The NSC is the President's advisory body, it brings together all political forces
2 years agoThe conversation between President @AndrzejDuda and @POTUS is underway
2 years agoThere was an explosion, two people died - says government spokesman @PiotrMuller. The combat readiness of some units will be increased. We verify whether it is possible to invoke Art. 4 of the North Atlantic Pact, i.e. consultations between NATO members
2 years agoPolish Government spokesman: procedures have been implemented, readiness of some military units has been increased
2 years agoGovernment spokesman: there was an explosion in the Hrubieszów district, which led to the death of two citizens; authorities explain the circumstances
2 years agoBoss of @BBN_PL @JacekSiewiera: President @AndrzejDuda just ended a conversation with @jensstoltenberg. We verify the premises of Article 4 of NATO. We are in contact with our allies and we expect talks with the American side