Head of the Pentagon: „we are exerting full pressure to fulfil Ukraine’s requirements”
Lloyd Austin, the United States Secretary of Defense, has said that „we” are exerting „full pressure” to ensure that Ukraine is supplied with tanks and armoured vehicles per requirements of the war. The Secretary of Defense made the statement following the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the US airbase in Ramstein, Germany. Austin sought to heal rifts appearing among allies by reducing the significance of Leopard tanks, delayed by German opposition. He said that success in Ukraine is not dependent on just one military platform. He also emphasized that Germany remains a „reliable ally”.
Source – Polskie Radio
Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen to invest EUR 420 mln in new facilities
Poland’s biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen says it plans to invest PLN 2 billion (EUR 420 million) in a new transshipment terminal and a hydro-cracking plant in Gdańsk. The new transshipment terminal is expected to cost more than PLN 500 million (EUR 100 million) and be ready by 2025. The facility in the northern Polish port is intended for uses such as the transshipment of biofuel components from vessels up to 130 metres in length, according to officials. The terminal’s initial transshipping capacity will exceed 1 million tonnes of products per year, PKN Orlen said, adding that this may eventually rise to 2 million tonnes.
Source – Polskie Radio
Poland’s Magda Linette through to the fourth round of the Australian Open
Poland’s Magda Linette is through to a tennis grand-slam fourth round for the first time in her career, having beaten Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6:3 6:4 in the Australian Open tennis tournament. Magda Linette from Poland is ranked 45 in women’s singles, but has defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova, ranked 18. For the first time in her career she is through to a grand slam fourth round. In the fourth round she will face Caroline Garcia, currently ranked number 4. Fellow Pole Iga Swiątek was knocked out of the competition in her 4th round match, being beaten by Jelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.
Source – Polskie Radio
Delays at Gdańsk airport due to weather
And finally, aircraft departing from and landing at Gdańsk airport faced delays yesterday as wintry conditions descended on the region. A total of four planes were affected by the conditions with one flight being diverted to another airport. Blizzard conditions blew into parts of the region late yesterday afternoon but have since cleared.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be a cloudy day in a moderate breeze with temperatures of 1 degree centigrade (34 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day and -1 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will remain cloudy in a gentle breeze with temperatures of 0 degrees during the day and -2 degrees overnight.
That was the Radio Gdańsk English news and weather.
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