1 year 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
Poland announces the acceptance of a German proposal to deploy Patriot missile batteries on its soil
1 year 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"
Duda has met with CIA chief Bill Burns, who visited Warsaw this week after stops in Ankara and Kyiv
1 year 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
Stoltenberg: NATO countries stand in solidarity with Poland; we will continue to support Ukraine
Prime 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
President 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
1 year 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
Duda after the BBN meeting: the explosion in Przewodowo was not an attack on Poland
The KGB of Belarus sees a threat of intervention from the territory of the Baltic States, Poland and Ukraine
1 year agoNew image from the impact site in Poland shows two distinct pieces of 5V55 (S-300) debris
U.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
Polish Radio: Russian Ambassador, summoned last night to the Polish MFA, spent there 4 minutes
Warsaw has withdrawn its request for a NATO Article 4 meeting over the explosions that killed two people last night, per officials.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
Initial 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
1 year agoReadout of Blinken's call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister
NATO and the Group of Seven discuss the attack on the Polish border region with Ukraine on the sidelines of the G20 meetings
1 year agoJoint statement issued by NATO and G7 leaders on the Ukraine-Russia War
1 year 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
1 year agoPoland's President @andrzejduda says "most likely" a Russian-made rocket fell in Przewodow but "we have no clear evidence who fired it"
1 year agoPoland's MFA says a Russian-made missile fell in Przewodow. Russian ambassador summoned to the Polish MFA
NATO ambassadors to hold emergency meeting at Poland's request
1 year agoThe conversation of Presidents @AndrzejDuda and @ZelenskyyUa is underway
Poland'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
The conversation between President @AndrzejDuda and @POTUS is underway
There 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
Polish Government spokesman: procedures have been implemented, readiness of some military units has been increased
Government spokesman: there was an explosion in the Hrubieszów district, which led to the death of two citizens; authorities explain the circumstances
Boss 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
