New energy sanctions “will restore justice to all Europeans whom Russia is trying to blackmail with artificially high prices on the energy market,” Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Photo:EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT The comment came after the G7 countries agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to hit the Kremlin’s ability to fund
Poland’s health minister on Friday paid tribute to Ukraine’s resistance against the Russian invasion as he visited injured troops in a hospital near Lviv. Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski (second from right) and Ukraine's Viktor Liashko (left) meet reporters in Lviv, Western Ukraine, on Friday, September 2, 2022.PAP/Karina Sało Adam Niedzielski was accompanied at the Vynnyky hospital by his Ukrainian
Heavy fighting continues in the south of Ukraine, including near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the British Ministry of Defence said on Friday. Heavy fighting continues in the south of Ukraine, including near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the British Ministry of Defence said on Friday.Photo: Wikimedia Commons In their latest intelligence report on the
Ukrainian soldiers have again praised the Polish-built Krab self-propelled gun howitzers, comparing them to "a Porsche car," while likening Soviet-era equipment to "a Russian Lada," according to news reports. The Polish-built Krab self-propelled howitzers.PAP/Darek Delmanowicz Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Poland has been at the forefront of providing security assistance to its embattled eastern neighbour,
Poland's presidential couple sent their wishes to students and teachers as the new school year began in the country on Thursday. Back to school: Classes resume at an elementary school in Otwock near the Polish capital Warsaw on Thursday, September 1, 2022.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański Around 4.6 million students were heading back to school after the summer break. Starting the new
The Polish foreign minister has said that Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland will call on the European Union to suspend tourist visas for Russian nationals amid the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau talks to reporters during an informal meeting of European Union top diplomats in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Tuesday,
Ukraine’s president has said his country’s troops have launched attacks on Russian positions along the entire front of the war. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country’s troops have attacked Russian positions along the entire front of the war, news outlets reported on Wednesday.Photo: Wikimedia Commons Volodymyr Zelensky made the announcement in his nightly address on Tuesday,
A Polish deputy prime minister has said that Poland will increase defence spending to record levels in 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mariusz Błaszczak.Twitter/Polish Ministry of Defence Mariusz Błaszczak made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Polish defence spending to rise to EUR 20.7 billion in 2023 It came after Prime Minister Mateusz
An agent of Russia’s GRU military-intelligence agency has charmed her way into the NATO command in Italy, befriending dozens of officers, according to the results of a joint investigation by several European outlets, published on Friday. An agent of Russia’s GRU military-intelligence agency has charmed her way into the NATO command in Italy, befriending dozens of
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies is providing fuel for Russian fighter jets bombing Ukraine, news outlets have reported. France’s energy giant TotalEnergies is supplying fuel for Russian warplanes bombing Ukraine, news outlets reported on Wednesday.PAP/Abaca/Blondet Eliot TotalEnergies is the only French energy group that continues to do business in Russia, Poland’s interia.pl website wrote on Wednesday, citing the
