Greek and Polish leaders asked European Commission President Ursula Von der #Leyen to lead a charge to create a common air defense shield that would be financed by the bloc.
Von der Leyen blessed the idea in a post on X Thursday as she renewed her call for more common defense projects.
The two leaders are also asking for the issue to be discussed at the next #EU summit at end of June.
🇵🇱🇺🇸 #Poland signed an agreement with the United States for the delivery of a $960 million airspace reconnaissance system to monitor its north-eastern borders, defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday.
Once Polish, and now Ukrainian, the PT-91 Twardy tank (a deep modernization of the T-72) is in service with the 22nd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The crew of the tankers of this almost 30-year-old vehicle (the tank was produced in 1995) says that compared to the Soviet T-72, their tank has a more powerful forced-up engine (850 hp versus 780 hp of the export T-72), with a “faster” reverse gear. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Poland
During my long May weekend in Kraków I had a rare occasion to grab a few beers with my remote teammates. We finished the evening early, but two of us decided we're not done and went for a late night walk.
Half an hour before the alcohol prohibition (yup, it's a thing in this one city in Poland!) we bought a few beers and started sipping them illegally in one of the local parks.
And guess what? Well, my teammate had a skateboard. And I had my fastest lens on my camera.
So, what happened next? Well, around 2am somewhere in the center of Kraków one IT nerd started testing his old skateboard skills. The other IT nerd sat on the ground and started stress-testing his Viltrox f/1.4 lens and an ISO setting well above 20k.
My lovely friend successfully landed a few jumps.
I missed a lot of frames because focusing late at night is hard, but a few serviceable frames happened as well.
So yeah. 90% of people will stop to look at my boring touristy snapshots and move on. I'm more excited about this spontaneous drunk session in extreme lighting conditions. 🤷
#Poland's prime minister announced on Tuesday the re-establishment of a commission to look into undue Russian influence, as #Warsaw grapples with what it says is an intense campaign by #Moscow to destabilise the country.
"I issued an order on the establishment of a commission to investigate Russian and Belarusian influence on the internal security and interests of the Republic of Poland in the years 2004-2024," Prime Minister Donald #Tusk said.
Poland has 9 suspects detained & indicted, who are directly implicated in the name of Russian intelligence services of #sabotage in Poland
They are Polish, Ukrainian, & Belarusian. They may have been recruited from criminal circles
Acts of sabotage include beatings, #arson, & attempted arson, not just in Poland but also #Latvia, #Lithuania, even #Sweden. The group planned to set fire a factory in #Poland & #Ikea in Lithuania
"Nine people have been arrested in Poland by the country's special services on suspicion of sabotage committed by Russia"
PM Donald Tusk
"We have now arrested nine suspects accused of direct participation in acts of sabotage in Poland at the behest of Russian special services. It concerns beatings, arson and attempted arson," Tusk said.
Not only Poland, but also several other European countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Sweden, are in the danger zone. #AureFreePress#Poland
🇵🇱 #Poland has arrested nine people in connection with acts of sabotage committed in the country on the orders of Russian services, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said late on Monday.