Russian missile left crater deep inside Poland, says PM Tusk
Tusk has spoken on Russian assaults A Russian missile probably caused a 10m-wide (33ft) crater deep inside Poland in the early hours of Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said. The object crashed into a field near the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, some 92km (57 miles) from the border with Ukraine, the BBC reported, during […]
1 month ago
‘Russian missile’ hits NATO territory as fighter jets scrambled
The unidentified object caused a 10m-wide crater a short distance from Lublin Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, announced that Poland was struck by an unidentified object in Poland’s eastern provinces. The blast caused a 10 meter-wide (33 feet) crater, around 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Tusk said: “All the indications are that […]
1 month ago
Poland to train 400,000 civilians in ‘largest military readiness effort’ since World War II
‘A war is raging across our border’ People in Poland are set to take part in the ‘largest military readiness drive’ since World War II. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland now spends more of its GDP on defence than any other Nato member, per Metro. It has become the alliance’s third-largest military force, with about 216,000 […]
10 months ago
UK to deploy fighter jets in response to ‘aggression from Vladimir Putin’
“Russia’s reckless behaviour is a direct threat to European security.” RAF fighter jets are being deployed to Poland for air defence missions as part of a NATO mission, the government has announced. It comes after Russian drones ‘repeatedly violated’ Polish air space last week, in a situation that Polish leader Donald Tusk described as ‘significantly […]
1 year ago
Kremlin responds after Poland shoots down Russian drones and triggers Nato Article 4
Poland has asked Nato to trigger Article 4 The Kremlin has responded after Poland shot down Russian drones in their own airspace and asked Nato to trigger Article 4. Polish armed forces shot down Russian drones after they entered Nato airspace, in what Poland called an ‘unprecedented airspace violation’. Polish prime minister Donald Tusk subsequently […]
1 year ago
We’re closer to armed conflict than any time since Second World War, Poland says
“The situation is significantly more dangerous than all previous ones.” Polish PM Donald Tusk has warned that Poland is the closest to armed conflict than any time since the end of the Second World War. “There is no reason to claim that we are in a state of war… but the situation is significantly more dangerous […]
1 year ago