The Internal Security Agency has applied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the expulsion of 45 people who, under so-called diplomatic cover, have been conducting intelligence activities in Poland, the spokesman for the minister coordinating special services, Stanisław Żaryn, said today. more
51 percent of the respondents believe that Russia will not be able to cope with the sanctions imposed by Western countries; 27 percent claims to be able to survive them; 73 percent for increasing sanctions, also in the field of energy - according to the Social Changes survey for wpolityce.pl.more
On Tuesday, the new ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Great Britain, Piotr Wilczek, presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II. Although the ceremony, as is the case recently, was held remotely, the entire ceremonial was preserved.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Council President Charles Michel agree that Britain and the European Union should continue to work closely together in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Johnson's office said yesterday.more
The US ambassador to Moscow, John Sullivan, was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, the Russian diplomacy ministry informed in a press release on its website. The American ambassador was told that the current tensions were bringing relations between Moscow and Washington on the brink of severance.more
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, in an interview with CNN, ruled out the participation of American forces in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine proposed by Poland. Washington stressed that Washington did not want an escalation of tensions that would "lead to a war with the United States."more
The Russian state was responsible for hoax calls to Ben Wallace and Priti Patel, pretending to be the Ukrainian prime minister, Downing Street has said. In its first statement attributing blame for the video calls, No 10 said it believed Russian state actors were responsible, without giving more details on who linked to the Kremlin had been identified as being behind the attempts.more
Dictators always escalate demands, and the West continues to yield. But this time we have a problem: Ukraine does not want to yield. Ukraine does not belong to Putin, stop treating it this way, former world chess champion and politician of Armenian-Jewish origin, Garri Kasparov, wrote on Twitter today.more
US President Joe Biden will visit Warsaw on Friday and then meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Saturday, the White House reported tonight. Topics of conversation will include the humanitarian crisis caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine.more
It was Poland that was right to warn against Russia, which the West did not want to listen to, and it is not a deviation from Western values, as France and Germany claimed, but a defender of them, writes the British newspaper The Sunday Times in a report from Przemyśl.more
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński expressed doubts as to whether modern Europe is ready for an armed conflict. more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today called on China to abandon its neutral stance and condemn Russia's attack on Ukraine. He also expressed the conviction that doubts about the further neutral position in Beijing were starting to grow.more
Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine not because he feared its entry into NATO, but because he feared an example of freedom and democracy coming from Ukraine that could threaten his rule, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today.more
There are signs that Russia's stance in peace talks with Ukraine is becoming more "appropriate", but negotiations could take at least a few weeks, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolak told Bloomberg TV yesterday.more
We have watched with great admiration the way in which Poland has responded to the challenge of the human dimension posed by the war in Ukraine. We pledge Ireland's support at this difficult time," said Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney after his meeting with Zbigniew Rau.more
US President Joe Biden has outlined to PRC President Xi Jinping the consequences China will face if it provides material aid to Russia waging war against Ukraine, the White House announced yesterday. Both sides agreed to keep channels of communication open.more
In Poland, there is no need to build camps for refugees from Ukraine, most of them were hosted in Polish homes, reports the head of the Institute of New Media, Eryk Mistewicz, in the French daily "L'Opinion". He adds that Poles and Ukrainians are linked by history and the experience of betrayal by great states.more
Great Britain will support Ukraine's position in its peace negotiations with Russia, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured in a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.more
Two luxury yachts belonging to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich fly the flag of Bermuda, which allows them to bypass the sanctions imposed on their owner by Great Britain and even take advantage of certain privileges - reports the British Daily Mail today.more
Ukraine humiliates Russia on the battlefield - assessed prof. Michael Clarke on BBC 4 radio. The Russians make almost all possible tactical mistakes, while Ukraine operates on the battlefield "in the NATO standard," he commented.more
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace has revealed that a fraudster claiming to be Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has managed to call him and ask him some "confusing questions". A similar incident was reported by Interior Minister Priti Patel.more
British media regulator Ofcom announced on Friday morning that it had immediately taken away its license to broadcast in the UK from Russia's RT (formerly Russia Today) station.more
Leading auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams in London dropped out of selling Russian works of art in June, the British daily The Guardian reported. This is part of the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.more
Almost three quarters of Poles - 71 percent - believes that ordinary people have no influence on the course of affairs in the country, 26 percent believes that citizens like them have a real influence on what is happening nationwide, according to a CBOS poll.more
Poland and the Baltic states want to hit Vladimir Putin's finances with sanctions, but Germany does not want to give up Russian oil. The next round of sanctions will test the EU's unity on how hard to hit Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, says the Politico website.more
