Poland’s president Andrzej Duda.
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Poland’s robust arguments for more weapons for Ukraine is partly sparked by its own vulnerable position.
‘March of gratitude’: Ukrainians in Poland demonstrate their thanks.
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Ukrainians were initially welcomed with open arms in Poland, but there are signs the relationship might be becoming a little strained.
Polish police officers search for missile wreckage in a farmer’s field near where a missile struck, killing two people in the village of Przewodów near the border with Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
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The recent military mishap in Poland shows such incidents are bound to happen near war zones. We should be ready for them.
Anti-war protesters in Warsaw, Poland.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Man-portable surface-to-air missile systems (MANPADs) are a key weapon in Ukraine’s air defence.
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When a missile landed in Poland the world held its breath. But it showed the urgency of Ukraine’s demands for more military aid.
Polish president Andrzej Duda speaks to the media after discussing the missile incident with US president Joe Biden.
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The world held its breath when a Russian-made missile landed in Poland. What would it take for Nato to intervene militarily?
Police officers gather at the site where offcials say a Russian-made missile fell.
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Polish authorities are investigating what they initially believed to be a Russian-made missile blast close to the border with Ukraine. Later, the country’s president said it was likely to have been an accident.
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This explosion in Przewodow is unlikely to trigger a wider war. But it will have repercussions for Vladimir Putin and his flailing invasion of Ukraine.
Far-right political parties, often Eurosceptic, have long been at work building their influence in Brussels. On June 12, 2019, Italy’s Lega and France’s Rassemblement National announced that they would form the Identity and Democracy (ID) group within the European Parliament. At a press conference the next day, Marco Zanni of Lega (L) shakes hands with the RN’s Marine Le Pen.
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How political parties such as Fidesz, Brothers of Italy, and the National Rally form part of the European Parliament.
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Eight million Ukrainians have fled abroad since the invasion started.
On 22 July 2022, President Andrzej Duda chose to ratify the NATO protocol on the accession of Sweden and Finland to the Alliance on a Polish warship.
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By the end of the decade, Poland’s arms capacity could exceed that of the French, German, UK, Italian, Dutch and Belgian forces combined.
Polish volunteers give Ukrainian refugees food in May 2022.
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A scholar of humanitarianism sums up what she saw on the ground during a five-week research trip to Poznań, Lublin, Warsaw, Krakow and several smaller cities along the Poland-Ukraine border.
Soviet-era monument in Riga, Latvia, which was splashed with the colours of the Ukraine flag the day after Russia invaded in February 2022.
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In much of eastern Europe historical memory of communist rule has been brought into sharp focus by the war in Ukraine.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, with Vladimir Putin, accused the West of supporting Nazi ideas in May 2022.
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What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania meeting with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Putin, in Kyiv on June 16.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Poland has accepted more than one million Ukrainian refugees.
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All of Poland’s political parties are strong supporters of Ukraine, despite other differences.
Patrick Michael Jones, 34, a volunteer from Houston, helps Ukrainian women carry humanitarian aid in May 2022.
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Uninvited and inexperienced visitors arriving with good ideas and wads of cash can take time and energy away from what displaced Ukrainians want and need.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller at a launch ceremony for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Sept. 6, 2011, in Vyborg, Russia.
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Has Putin hurt Russia by jolting Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels into high gear?
Many Ukrainians returned home after fleeing the Russian invasion, including this family that arrived on April 12, 2022, in Lviv, Ukraine, from refuge in Poland.
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A young woman in Lviv, Ukraine, writes about fleeing Russian aggression not once, but twice, since 2014 and explains the fierce desire to stay in her home country – a desire shared by many.