Today PM's of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia (@MorawieckiM , @P_Fiala @JJansaSDS) along with the Poland deputy PM Kaczyński will visit Kyiv
1 year agoPMs of Lublin triangle meet in Warsaw(PM Shmygal via video link)
1 year agoPoland: 1,675 mln people entered the country from Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. Yesterday almost 80,000
US official: US military aid to Ukraine includes anti-aircraft
1 year agoThe free world has a face today, and it is @ZelenskyyUa - President @AndrzejDuda
Zelenskiy in the Polish parliament to the Poles: "Together we are 90 million"
President Duda: What Russia is doing in Ukraine shows that the "evil empire" is not gone. She shows her worst face once again
1 year agoPresident @AndrzejDuda: If President Kaczyński were to be listened to, bolder decisions were made, and the attitude not to irritate Russia would not prevail - Ukraine would be in NATO today. The aggression in 2014 and the current war probably would not have happened. History would have turned out differently
Zelenskiy to the Poles: If God gives and we win, we will share our victory with you. It is our greatness and yours
President Zelensky to Polish Sejm on Polish help: When the war broke out, I had no doubts who would say to me: brother, you will not be left alone with the enemy. And it happened, and I am grateful for it
U.S. is sending another shipment of military aid to Ukraine in the next 24 hours via Europe: senior U.S. defense official
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
