“Poland cannot put itself in a straitjacket that would prevent us from defending our homeland,” says the defence minister.

“Poland cannot put itself in a straitjacket that would prevent us from defending our homeland,” says the defence minister.
Three years ago, most Poles were in favour of Ukrainian accession.
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Agnieszka Holland claimed that Polish border officers are beating migrants and setting dogs on them.
Adam Lelonek
Russia is recruiting untrained civilians to carry out operations in Poland.
It says the decision will “save US taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a year” and will see NATO and Poland itself take greater responsibility for security.
“Our message will be simple: the Polish border is sealed,” says Donald Tusk.
Among those whose nationalities have been reported, all those rejected were from African countries.
Ukraine says the suspect was involved in producing propaganda for Russia and organising anti-Ukrainian protests in EU countries.
The prime minister also claimed that evidence indicates the attack had an “eastern footprint”, an apparent accusation towards Russia or Belarus.
“This is a sign of trust and an example of the deepening Polish-US partnership,” said the US chargé d’affaires.
The two countries will soon sign a treaty “raising French-Polish relations to the same level as we maintain with our main partners”.
His remarks have been criticised by a deputy defence minister, who says they are not true and will be exploited by Poland’s enemies.
Such action can be taken in response to the “instrumentalisation of migration”, as has been happening on the border with Belarus.
Mark Rutte said he wanted to “be very clear to Vladimir Putin” that “our reaction will be devastating”.