Polish Border guards: At 8 PM CET the number of refugees who entered Poland from Ukraine surpassed 1 million
"We are working with Poland as we speak to see if we can backfill anything that they provide to Ukraine," Sec Blinken says on @CNNSotu Re: fighter jets Poland may send to Ukraine. "We are actively talking about that right now"
Blinken during press conference this morning with Moldovan President Maia Sandu confirmed that the US is "looking actively" at the question of Poland providing fighter jets to Ukraine, and how the US "should be able to backfill should Poland provide those planes"
1 year agoTwo NATO E-3A Sentry radar aircraft are currently operating over SE Poland, the edge of NATO airspace. Their task is to monitor air traffic
Poland's Prime Minister: " Ukraine is now defending the whole of Europe, not just its independence”
1 year agoAn Antonov Airlines Antonov An-124 (reg. UR-82072 as ADB3174) from Tekirdag Corlu Airport (known for its Bayraktar TB2 delivery flights) is currently landing at Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport in Poland, the likely military hub for Ukraine, a Bayraktar TB2 operator
President Duda: "We will not give up, even if the Russians surround us in Kyiv. If they start a city blockade, they will end up like the Nazis besieging Leningrad in WW II. They will not break us and they will go away in disgrace as criminals." - said to me @ZelenskyyUa this evening
Ukraine confirms peace talks with Russia today, on March 3. A member of the Ukrainian delegation, lawmaker David Arakhamia, said that Ukraine is looking to at least agree on humanitarian corridors
1 year agoUS/NATO activity in Eastern Europe: -USAF RC135U Combat Sent HOMER49 -USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint HOMER41 -NATO E-3 AWACS NATO11 -USAF RQ4 Global Hawk FORTE10
1 year agoSoldiers from the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team wait to board a transport plane bound for eastern Europe on a deployment launched in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, U.S., March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Poland's PM @MorawieckiM: Sberbank and Gazprombank are to be excluded from EU sanctions due to "transactions related to energy supplies to the EU" - this is UNACCEPTABLE
Poland MoD confirms that it is buying an undisclosed of MQ-9 Reaper drones from the USA under a special, accelerated procedure. It will become the first military on NATO's eastern flank to purchase the medium-altitude long-endurance drone
I am convinced more than ever Putin will fail - UK PM @BorisJohnson in Warsaw after talks with Poland's PM @MorawieckiM
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned that Russia may attempt an attack from Belarus down the inside of Ukraine's western border to block the country off with Poland, saying "we must act quickly" to deliver humanitarian aid
1 year agoPolish Border Guards: Already 213,000 people entered Poland from war-affected Ukraine. Officers not only carry out border checks, but also help the people fleeing as much as they can
1 year ago2nd HellenicAirForce Lockheed C-130H Hercules with military aid for Ukraine departed Elefsis AB towards Rzeszow Jasionka Airport in Poland near borders with Ukraine where the 1st C-130H landed just before
1 year agoPoland's minister responsible for the cybersecurity @jciesz calls on Facebook, Twitter and other big tech companies to ban channels of Russian propaganda
1 year agoPoland's govt spox @PiotrMuller: information coming from the Bundestag should have been announced earlier but that's good they're doing it now. Germans finally decided to ship weapons to Ukraine and to speed up the defense spending. But that can't be all. We have to stop NS1 and NS2
1 year agoTurkish aid to Ukraine: Turkish Air Force 221st squadron A400M heavy transport plane 18-0094 flew from Rzeszów–Jasionka airfield to Tur AFB Erkilet. Landing now
In Przemys, about fifteen kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the army, rail security, police and several volunteers have been on the bridge since Thursday to distribute soups, tea and extra accommodation
Poland's president @andrzejduda: Poland supports the express path of Ukraine's EU membership. Candidate status should be granted immediately and membership negotiations initiated instantly thereafter. Ukraine should also have access to EU funds for reconstruction. Ukraine deserves it
Poland's PM @morawieckim: Today I spoke again with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. He once again reassured me of his support for far-reaching sanctions on Russia, including cutting off from SWIFT
1 year agoPolish Deputy Interior Minister Pawel Szefernaker says 100,000 people have crossed the border into Poland from Ukraine since Russia's invasion this week Ukrainians arrive at the Przemysl border checkpoint with Poland
1 year agoFor the first time in 67 days, Germany is buying Russian gas via the Yamal-Europe pipeline (throughout Belarous and Poland). The Mallnow pumping station is showing positive flows (chart). Since December 21, Gazprom had only shipped gas into Germany via NordStream 1
Poland's govt spokesman: Today in Berlin Poland's PM @Morawieckim along with the Lithuanian president @GitanasNauseda will talk to German chancellor @OlafScholz. EU has to swiftly adopt a package of ruthless sanctions on Russia
1 year agoPoland's ban on Russian passenger planes flying over its territory has now gone into effect
1 year agoNATO E-3 Sentry running a circuit right on the border of Ukraine
U.S. military is preparing assembly areas to assist evacuees from Ukraine: senior defense official
Poland's PM @morawieckim orders the government to prepare a resolution aiming to close the Polish airspace for the Russian airlines
1 year ago4x USAF KC-135 tankers over Poland and Romania
