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Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the signing of the historic Gdańsk Agreement, which ended the August ’80 strikes and created the first independent trade union in the communist Eastern bloc.

Polish authorities have smashed a pro-Russian spy network operating in the country, according to the Washington Post. The network aimed to disrupt weapons shipments to Ukraine, with tactics such as sabotaging the rail infrastructure.

A Russian naval vessel fired warning shots yesterday at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea and later inspected the vessel. The incident marks the first known use of warning shots by Russia against a commercial ship operating outside of Ukraine since Moscow’s withdrawal from a landmark UN-brokered grain deal.

Polish forces are being put on alert after up to 10,000 Wagner fighters from Russia are known to be stationed in Belarus and they may shortly be deployed to the Polish border, officials have warned.

Poland’s prime minister has paid homage to compatriots killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, in what became known as the Volyn Massacres.

In April 2023 Putin signed an executive order, setting a deadline for Ukrainians to apply for Russian citizenship in the occupied areas. Ukrainians who refuse face confiscation of property and even prison and/or deportation from their homes. A process that has already been used in Crimea, the executive order enables Russia to identify Ukrainians who are openly

Poland will deploy five hundred police officers to its border with Belarus, the country’s Interior Minister has said. „Due to the tense situation on the border with Belarus I have decided to bolster our forces with five hundred Polish police officers from riot and counter-terrorism units,” Mariusz Kamiński announced yesterday. They will join 5,000 border