Ukraine’s Zelenskiy stops over in Poland to award two volunteers

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy awarded two Polish volunteers state awards during a stopover on Saturday, but did not meet any officials.

On Saturday, on his way back home from the USA, he handed awards to Bianka Zalewska, a journalist who helped transport wounded children to Polish hospitals, and Damian Duda, who gathered a medical team to help wounded soldiers near the front line.

Zelenskiy thanked all Poles who „from the first days opened their families, their homes, opened themselves up and helped”.

„I believe that any challenges on our common path are nothing compared to the fact that there is such strength between our people”.

Source: Reuters

On Friday, nine Russian officers were reportedly killed and 16 were injured in the wake of a Ukrainian rocket attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, according to Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian forces hit the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the port city of Sevastopol, in the Moscow-occupied Crimean peninsula.

Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, said that the attack resulted in the death of nine Russian officers, while further 16 were injured, among them two generals.

The attack was prepared by the Ukrainian army’s special operations command. The rockets struck the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet during a staff briefing.

On Saturday morning, Ukrainian forces launched another missile attack on Crimea, targeting military facilities in the city of Sevastopol, in the Russian-occupied peninsula.

Source: IAR, Polskie Radio

Winners announced yesterday at the 48th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia

The Golden Lions is the main prize at the Polish Feature Film Festival, since 1987 held in Gdynia. They are awarded in the main competition by the festival jury for the best Polish film since the first edition in 1974.

The top award „Golden Lions” of the 48th Polish Feature Film Festival for the best film Kos, went to director Pawel Maslona and producers Leszek Bodza and Aneta Hickinbotham.

The „Silver Lions” award for the film Imago went to director Olga Chajdas and producers Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Dariusz Jablonski.

The „Golden Claw” Award for courage of form and content in the „Different View” category for the film Tyle co Nic was awarded to director Grzegorz Dębowski and producers Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuscinski, Jacek Bromski.

„Platinum Lions”, the lifetime achievement award, was received by set designer Allan Starski.

Source: Radio Gdańsk

Poland women’s volleyball team beat the USA 3-1 in Olympic qualifiers

The Polish national volleyball team sensationally defeated the USA 3-1 (27:25, 16:25, 25:23, 25:16) yesterday evening in the sixth match of the 2024 Olympic qualifications. They have massively boosted their chances of advancing to the global tournament in Paris. However, Stefano Lavarini’s women’s team are still not sure of qualification, as they have the most important match ahead of them later today against Italy who currently sit in third place, one position behind Poland in second.

The match will start at 8:30pm tonight to be played at the Atlas arena, Łódź.

Source: Sport.pl

The weather

Today’s weather will be mostly sunny with some cloud cover. Gusts of wind of up to 35 km/h will come in from the north west. Daytime temperatures will see a high of 19°C or 66°F, with expected lows of 10°C or 50°F overnight. Tomorrow is expected to be much the same, with slightly warmer temperatures, less cloud cover and lighter winds.

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