1 year agoPoland's PM @morawieckim says EU Commission is ready to assign more than 1 bln € to tackle the refugee crisis and support countries that host people from Ukraine
US Vice President: We have provided Poland with Patriot air defense missile batteries
US vice president calls for international war crimes investigation of Russia over Ukraine invasion, bombing of civilians
Harris: We will continue to deliver aid to our allies, especially missile defense systems and anti-tank missiles
President Duda praises US sanctions and aid to Ukraine but calls for more sanctions, citing Russian strikes on civilian areas including a maternity hospital. "This is an act of barbarity that bares the features of a genocide,"
During joint press conference with Vice President Harris, Polish President Andrzej Duda says close to 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have come into Poland amid Russia's invasion
1 year ago.@USArmy has deployed two MIM104 Patriot antimissile batteries stationed in Europe to Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, Poland to protect U.S., Polish and other allied troops in the country, March 9, 2022
Sec Lloyd Austin stressed to his Polish counterpart "that we do not support the transfer of additional fighter aircraft to the Ukrainian air force at this time, and therefore have no desire to see them in our custody either," per @PentagonPresSec
On getting fighter jets to Ukraine Blinken says there's need to make sure it is done "in the right way." So after the back & forth with Poland & the US rejecting their proposition, he leaves open the possibility of getting Mig29 fighter jets to get to Ukraine. Not clear how
1 year agoPoland's PM @morawieckim on Mig29: the decision about giving jets to Ukraine must be a joint decision by all NATO countries providing Ukraine with the offensive weapon should be NATO decision
US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Poland on Wednesday to discuss how to provide "military assistance" for Ukraine, White House officials said, hours after Washington rejected Warsaw's offer of Soviet-era fighter jets
Poland's deputy FM @paweljabIonski on Pentagon's dismissal of Polish proposal to transfer MiG29s jets; it cannot be that Poland is the only NATO country to bear the risk, and other countries would not have to compensate or share this in any way, we'll continue talks with allies
Pentagon response to Poland's proposal on jets: "We will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one"
U.S. Under Secretary of State Nuland says Poland's decision to put all its Mig-29 jets at U.S. disposal was not pre-consulted with the United States
Polish MFA: "The authorities of Poland are ready to deploy –immediately and free of charge – all their MIG-29 jets to the Rammstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the USA At the same Poland requests U.S. to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities"
British Defense Minister: We will support Poland's option if it decides to provide Ukraine with fighters
Re: sending jets to backfill Polish jets: "We are working through some pretty complicated logistics on that front including how we would backfill because returning new planes and transferring serious weapon systems often takes years to do from the United States." -White House
1 year agoSOCOM MC130J Commando II 09-5713 departed 31st Tactical Air Base Poland
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
