President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on partners to either protect Ukraine’s skies, or at least provide aircraft for defence: Poland was ready to hand them over, but the United States did not support this.
Poland is ready to transfer the MiG-29 fighter jets requested by Ukraine to the US Ramstein Airbase in Germany but asks the US to provide replacements.
The Operator of the Gas and Transport System of Ukraine (OGTSU) and the corresponding operator in Poland, Gaz System S.A., have agreed to introduce guaranteed gas import capacity from 6 March 2022.
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydach said that Ukraine could receive the status of a candidate for EU membership "tomorrow, the day after tomorrow", if a political decision is made.
The Head of Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects the arrival of more than a million refugees from war-torn Ukraine, Evropeyska Pravda reports, citing RMF24 [Polish radio station].
The Consulate General of Ukraine in Lublin reports that seven Ukrainians were injured in a major car accident in Lublin: five people were dead on the spot, and two were hospitalized.
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine informs that more than 840 cars are stuck at the border control points of the state border between Ukraine and Poland
The Marshal of the Polish Senate Stanislaw Karczewski warned the Ukrainian Parliament against adoption of a resolution on the genocide of Ukrainians by Poles.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Poland Andrii Deshchytsia stressed that when adopting the resolution on declaring the Volyn tragedy ‘genocide’, Polish MPs prioritized a politicized attitude towards the tragic events of 1943-1945.
Vice Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko told Ukrayinske Radio that the exacerbation of Ukraine-Poland relations with regard to the Volyn tragedy was staged by Russia.
About 50 young people are blocking the Geneva Hotel in Odesa, to prevent a meeting of Opposition Bloc deputies and Polish politicians from the Zmiana party.
Polish media outlets have shared a fake statement attributed to Ukraine’s Vice-Prime Minister on European Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze on genocide.
Poland is going to suspend local border traffic with Ukraine – in particular, it may temporarily ban entry and stay of Ukrainian people living in border areas who have the respective permits issued by the Polish authorities.
Great Britain’s decision to exit the European Union may make it easier for Ukraine to integrate with Europe, the Marshal of the Sejm of Poland Marek Kuchciński said.
Deputy Chief of the National Guard of Ukraine Mykola Balan arrived to Warsaw to strengthen cooperation with Poland’s Ministry of National Defense and police.