Russian men are fleeing into neighboring Georgia to avoid conscription to the army after President Vladimir Putin ordered a “partial mobilization” of 300,000 reservists. Russian men, some pushing their bicycles, walk along a road after passing through customs at the Georgia-Russia border checkpoint of Verkhnii Lars, Georgia, 27 September 2022.Photo: EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE Georgia has accepted dozens of
The spokesman for Poland’s foreign ministry has called for experts to investigate mysterious leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. A gas leak from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline off Bornholm, Denmark, in the Baltic Sea, as seen on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.PAP/EPA/Danish Defence Command Łukasz Jasina made the appeal in a media interview on Wednesday. He told
The US ambassador to Warsaw has said that Poland deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the support it has provided to war-torn Ukraine and its people. Mark Brzezinski.PAP/Andrzej Lange Mark Brzezinski made the statement in an interview with the Polish state news agency PAP on Tuesday. The US envoy said, as translated by PAP: “In Poland,
Poland's top diplomat has discussed Russia's war against Ukraine and the West's military assistance to Kyiv with a host of US politicians and experts during a visit to Washington this week, officials have said. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau.Photo: PAP/Mateusz Marek Zbigniew Rau on Monday met with John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations and ex-White House national security adviser, to discuss "international security concerns
The Polish prime minister has described the Baltic Pipe, the new pipeline to bring gas to Poland from Norway through Denmark, as “a pipeline of freedom, sovereignty, security and peace.” Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks at the launch of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, in Goleniów, northwestern Poland, on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.PAP/Marcin Bielecki Mateusz Morawiecki’s words
Poland’s ambassador to Ukraine has said that following Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilisation of troops for the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is “sinking into criminal madness.” Посол РП в Украине бартош Цихоцкий. Фото: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Bartosz Cichocki made the comment in a media interview, published on Monday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Putin last Wednesday mobilised 300,000 reservists to assist in Russia’s
A Polish deputy defence minister has said that no democratic state will accept the results of the so-called ‘referenda’ on joining Russia, which are underway in four Russian-occupied provinces of Ukraine. Wojciech SkurkiewiczWojciech Kusiński/Polskie Radio Wojciech Skurkiewicz made the statement in a media interview on Monday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Asked about Western response to the annexation
Ukrainian authorities report that the Kremlin is blatantly committing electoral fraud in the four regions where the so-called ‘referendums’ on joining Russia are being held. Most of the world condemned the so-called referenda.PAP/EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY Head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration, Serhiy Haidai, has warned that no data on the number of ballots cast is available, only
Poland’s defence minister has said that the most effective response to threats is “to strengthen the power of the Polish army.” Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak visits troops during the Polish-British-American exercises, "Bear-22," at a training range in the southeastern Polish town of Nowa Dęba, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.PAP/Darek Delmanowicz Mariusz Błaszczak made
Poland has been successful in supporting Ukrainian refugees on its labour market, with as many as 430,000 having found jobs in the country, according to a new report, out on Monday. Poland has been successful in supporting Ukrainian refugees on its labour market, with as many as 430,000 having found jobs in the country, according to
