1 year agoBiden addresses the Russian people: "The US and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia. The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today. This war was never a necessity. It's a tragedy. President Putin chose this war
1 year agoBiden on Russian forces: "They have committed depravities. Crimes against humanity, without shame or compunction. They've targeted civilians with death and destruction, used rape as a weapon of war. Stolen Ukrainian children in an attempt to steal Ukraine's future
1 year agoBiden: "When President Putin ordered his tanks to roll into Ukraine, he thought we would roll over. He was wrong. The Ukrainian people are too brave. we were too unified. Democracy was too strong”
1 year ago"Kyiv stands strong. . and most important, it stands free" - Biden in Warsaw
1 year agoPresidents @AndrzejDuda and @POTUS at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw
On Monday evening, at the Presidential Palace, President Andrzej Duda met with the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, Giorgia Meloni
US President Joe Biden arrived in Przemyśl by train from Ukraine
The head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration of Poland @Kaminski_M_ decided to limit the movement of Belarusian freight vehicles at the Kukuryki-Kozłowicze border crossing from Tuesday 19
1 year agoThe U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry and RC-135W seen earlier are still doing laps over Poland near the Ukrainian and Belarusian Border; they have been Airborne for over 7 Hours now and look to currently be getting refueled in order to keep an eye out for a bit longer
1 year agoLukashenka promises a response after Poland and Lithuania had closed some border crossings with Belarus
Two Dutch F-35 jets have "remotely escorted" a Russian spy plane and two fighters which crossed into Polish airspace, Netherlands says. Royal Dutch Air Force is carrying out Nato's air policing mission in Poland. First time such intervention made since Ukraine conflict began - BBC
President Andrzej Duda at training of Ukrainian soldiers: Ukrainian soldiers are already training in Świętoszów on Leopard tanks. This training will last over a month. Apart from Ukrainian soldiers, soldiers-instructors from Canada and Norway also train here
1 year agoMariusz Błaszczak: MQ-9A Reaper MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drones were delivered to Poland, leased from the US as part of an urgent operational need. They will serve in the Air Force, conducting reconnaissance, among others on our eastern border
White House: President Biden to visit Poland on February 20-22
1 year agoOn his way back to Ukraine president @ZelenskyyUa met Polish president @AndrzejDuda in Rzeszów, southeastern Poland
Starting tomorrow noon Poland suspends (until further notice) traffic on the Polish-Belarusian border crossing in Bobrowniki- Poland's interior minister
Poland announces new military exercises with Patriot systems "to deter the aggressor"
1 year agoPoland deployed Patriot air defense systems at Warsaw airport. According to the Minister of Defense of Poland Blashchak, the missile systems were relocated from the test site in the city of Sochaczew to the Bemowo airfield in Warsaw
1 year agoMinister of National Defence of Canada: Battle tanks are on their way to help Ukraine. The first Canadian Leopard 2 is en route. Canada's support for Ukraine is unwavering
Deputy Prime Minister @mblaszczak: Poland's position on the international arena is increasing. We really, and not only symbolically, support Ukraine
1 year agoPrime Minister @MorawieckiM at @Zelazna_Dywizja in Siedlce: The liquidation of military units by the previous rulers, especially in eastern Poland, was a strategy of chaos and naivety. We bring the latest equipment to Poland and produce our own - like Kraby and Pioruny
1 year agoMost likely, a gas explosion in Katowice at Bednorza street
1 year agoPolish FM @RauZbigniew met Swiatłana @Tsihanouskaya today in Warsaw. During the conversation, Minister Rau emphasized the continuation of support for Belarusian democratic circles
Polish defence minister said Germany has now received Poland's official request to re-export Leopard tanks to Ukraine
We will apply to Germany for permission to send Leopards to Ukraine, but even if there is no such consent, we will hand over the tanks as part of the "small coalition" - said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
1 year agoPoland president @AndrzejDuda at @PLHouseDavos: NATO-Belarus border needs to be protected the same way as NATO-Russia border. We need to respond to Ukrainian NATO membership aspiration - we need to update NATO guidelines on defense spending and be prepared for a period of uncertainty
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland @mblaszczak: Ukraine should be supported by donating tanks at least brigade strength. Hence, a coalition of countries is needed in this topic. I hope that Germany, which is a tank manufacturer and has technical facilities, will change its mind and join this coalition
1 year agoPoland's President @andrzejduda: I spoke to US congressmen yesterday in Davos and during these conversations the "Abrams thread" for Ukraine came up several times. So the fact media raise this topic, they don't do it unjustifiably because politicians also talk about it
1 year agoPresidents of Lithuania and Poland pay an unexpected visit to Lviv
1 year agoPresident of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa: From the first days of the full-scale invasion, we've felt the support of our fraternal peoples of Poland and Lithuania. I am grateful to Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nausėda for their visit. Thank you for helping our people
