News - POL
7 articles tagged POL, newest first
2026-09-01
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│ PM confirms suspected sabotage behind fire │
│ at Polish drone plant │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │
│ [POL,RUS] │
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│ A fire at the WB Electronics │
│ drone-components plant in │
│ Skarzysko-Kamienna on Aug 31 was assessed │
│ as likely sabotage, Poland opened a │
│ terrorism probe, and PM Tusk linked it to │
│ the Russian destabilization campaign. │
│ Confirmed by Reuters, PAP and Anadolu. │
│ Following the Kh-101 that crashed inside │
│ Poland, hybrid attack has moved from │
│ airspace incursion to the │
│ defence-industrial base itself. │
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│ https://www.pap.pl/en/news/pm-confirms-susp │
│ ected-sabotage-behind-fire-polish-drone-pla │
│ nt │
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2026-08-23
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│ Six EU countries push for windfall tax on │
│ oil companies amid surging war profits │
│ large - Euronews - unknown/unknown │
│ [DEU,ITA,AUT,POL,PRT,ESP,IRL] │
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│ Finance ministers of Germany, Italy, │
│ Austria, Poland, Portugal and Spain jointly │
│ asked the Irish presidency to put a │
│ windfall tax on Hormuz-inflated oil profits │
│ on the Sept 18-19 Ecofin agenda, with │
│ Dublin open to the debate. Fiscal-policy │
│ signal, no score moves. │
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│ https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/ │
│ 23/six-eu-countries-push-for-windfall-tax-o │
│ n-oil-companies-amid-surging-war-profits │
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2026-07-30
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│ Object crashes in Poland after Russian │ │ PM Tusk says Russian Kh-101 missile likely │
│ attack on Ukraine │ │ crashed in eastern Poland │
│ feature - Notes From Poland - │ │ feature - Notes from Poland - │
│ unknown/unknown [POL,RUS] │ │ unknown/unknown [POL,RUS,UKR] │
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│ A likely Russian Kh-101 cruise missile │ │ During Russia's July 29-30 mass strike on │
│ crossed ~100 km into Polish airspace during │ │ Ukraine (74 missiles, 284 drones), a Kh-101 │
│ the July 30 barrage and crashed near │ │ manufactured in Q2 2026 crossed into Poland │
│ Tarnawa-Kolonia, Lublin, leaving a 10m │ │ and left a 10m crater near Tarnawa-Kolonia, │
│ crater with no casualties; an F-16 was │ │ ~50km from Lublin, without casualties; │
│ scrambled and Tusk blamed Moscow within │ │ Warsaw summoned Russia's ambassador and │
│ hours. Warsaw deliberately did NOT invoke │ │ NATO consulted without a formal Article 4 │
│ Article 4 (it had for the smaller 2025 │ │ invocation for this event. The │
│ drone incursion) and President Duda │ │ invoked-Article-4 coverage in circulation │
│ cautioned evidence was not yet conclusive. │ │ dates to the September 2025 drone incident, │
│ Drove Poland conflict -5 to -6. │ │ a different event. │
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│ https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/30/unid │ │ https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/30/pm-t │
│ entified-object-crashes-in-poland-after-rus │ │ usk-says-russian-kh-101-missile-likely-cras │
│ sian-attack-on-ukraine/ │ │ hed-in-eastern-poland/ │
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2026-07-18
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│ Tusk welcomes Zelensky's steps toward │
│ Poland-Ukraine dialogue │
│ medium - Rubryka - unknown/independent │
│ [POL,UKR] │
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│ After Zelensky opened │
│ SBU/foreign-intelligence archives on the │
│ Volyn events July 17 and announced new │
│ exhumation works, PM Tusk publicly welcomed │
│ it July 18 ('with satisfaction and hope'), │
│ reversing the July-4 'Ukraine must move │
│ first' posture. The White Eagle rift is │
│ de-escalating: improved Poland │
│ alliance_reliability 7 to 8; held Ukraine │
│ alliance near 3. │
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│ https://rubryka.com/en/2026/07/18/tusk-pozy │
│ tyvno-otsinyv-kroky-zelenskogo-shhodo-dialo │
│ gu-mizh-ukrayinoyu-ta-polshheyu/ │
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2026-07-11
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│ Polish president strips Zelensky of honor │
│ after special forces unit's renaming │
│ large - The Washington Post - │
│ independent/independent [POL,UKR] │
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│ President Nawrocki stripped Zelensky of the │
│ Order of the White Eagle over a UPA-named │
│ military unit; Zelensky and three former │
│ Ukrainian presidents returned their medals, │
│ and PM Tusk hardened through July 11 │
│ ('sober up'), with de-escalation steps │
│ agreed at Ankara and Polish services │
│ warning Russia seeks to inflame the rift. │
│ Drove Poland alliance 8 to 7. │
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│ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0 │
│ 6/20/polish-president-strips-zelensky-honor │
│ -after-special-forces-units-renaming/ │
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2026-07-09
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│ Polish foreign minister warns of possible │
│ new Russian provocations │
│ medium - Ukrainska Pravda - │
│ independent/independent [POL,RUS] │
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│ FM Sikorski said July 9 Warsaw has │
│ intelligence Russia is preparing new │
│ provocations, citing an active hybrid-war │
│ pattern (cyber, shadow-fleet │
│ reconnaissance, sabotage, drones); │
│ US/Latvian intel echoed the warning. Poland │
│ conflict_involvement held at -5 (confidence │
│ up). │
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│ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/07/ │
│ 09/8043294/ │
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