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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. The Belarusian defence ministry recently...

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. Mateusz Morawiecki visited the site of the former Polish village of Ostrówki in today's western Ukraine,...

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...

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...

Polish President Andrzej Duda made an official visit to Kyiv yesterday to discuss further assistance to Ukraine with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Polish president was also expected to discuss "the current situation on the front lines" as Russia's invasion...

Germany has objected to plans by the European Commission to use frozen Russian central-bank assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine, because it fears this would "set a precedent for others to pursue," such as Poland's claim for reparations from Germany...

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak is in Pomerania today to observe military exercises near Słupsk, including a test-firing of Poland's "Mała Narew" new-generation short-range air defense system. The Mała Narew (Small Narew) system combines the UK-produced Common Anti-Air Modular Missile...

Polish general Jarosław Gromadziński is set to take charge of the multinational Eurocorps (Eurokorpus) military force at the end of this month. Poland's defense ministry announced yesterday that Gromadziński, who recently attained the rank of three-star general, will assume leadership...

As part of a power sharing agreement between the communist authorities and representatives of the Solidarity movement, partly free elections were held to the lower house of Poland's parliament, with a majority of seats reserved for candidates from the communist...