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Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday about his plans to apply to NATO in the next few days.

A Russian lawmaker is warning Friday that recent comments from Poland’s leaders are encouraging Moscow to “put it in first place in the queue for denazification after Ukraine.”

Russian Ukraine War Gas FILE - A worker sits on his water tank truck next to the business tower Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. In particular, for Gazprom, this means a ban on the use of a gas pipeline owned by (the Polish company) EuRoPol GAZ to transport Russian gas through Poland,” Gazprom representative Sergey Kupriyanov wrote in a Telegram post. Last month, Gazprom said it had completely cut off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over the rubles dispute. Natural gas traded Friday at 104 euros per megawatt hour, up from 94 euros before the announcements. High natural gas prices have led to higher bills for home heating and electricity generated by the fuel.

European gas prices have risen after Russian state-owned exporter Gazprom said it would no longer send supplies to Europe via a pipeline in Poland, citing new sanctions that Moscow imposed on European energy companies.

Russia Ukraine War Company Protest Activists, including Arkadiusz Szczurek, left, take part in a protest outside an outlet of French home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday May 7, 2022. Leroy Merlin wouldn't comment other than to say it's not responsible for the war. Leroy Merlin, with stores similar to Home Depot, is among the foreign companies with the highest revenue in Russia. Such French companies with significant operations in Russia have been singled out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as aiding Russia's war effort. In Poland, which borders Ukraine and has accepted more refugees than another other country, many people are highly critical of the French company.

In the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, a protest movement was born in Poland urging people to boycott companies that have chosen to keep operating in Russia.

A Connecticut state trooper who is a native of Poland got quite the surprise while responding to an SUV with a flat tire Wednesday — a passenger in the vehicle happened to be former Polish President Lech Walesa. State police said Trooper Lukasz Lipert arrived to the call in Tolland and was greeted by Walesa, who had spoken in Hartford on Tuesday as part of his U.S. tour advocating for aid for refugees who have fled Ukraine during the war with Russia. Lipert, 35, who came to the U.S. when he was 18, told The Hartford Courant that he spoke with Walesa in Polish about their homeland and the anti-communist movement Walesa helped lead.

The media giant appeared to have escaped the slowdown that hit arch-rival Netflix.

Poland Russia Ambassador Russian Ambassador to Poland, Ambassador Sergey Andreev is covered with red paint in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, May 9, 2022. Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II. Polish Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski said Russian officials expressed words of protest about the incident on Monday at a cemetery in Warsaw. Krajewski said his response was to repeat the words of Poland's foreign minister who called the incident “highly deplorable” and something that should never have happened given the protected status of diplomats. Later Wednesday, Poland's Foreign Ministry said that a plaque with the national emblem at the entrance to Poland's Embassy in Moscow has been doused in red paint.

Poland’s ambassador in Moscow has been summoned to Russia’s Foreign Ministry two days after Russia’s ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine.

Spain Princess of Asturias Awards FILE - Former dissident and mastermind behind Poland's peaceful transition from communism to democracy Adam Michnik talks to The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, on May 25, 2014. Michnik, a former Polish dissident and human rights activist who is editor-in-chief of one of Eastern Europe’s most popular newspapers, has won one of Spain’s most prestigious awards. The jury that decides the Princess of Asturias Awards announced Wednesday, May 11, 2022, that Michnik won its annual prize for communication and humanities. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) (Czarek Sokolowski)MADRID — (AP) — A former Polish dissident and human rights activist who is editor-in-chief of one of Eastern Europe’s most popular newspapers has won a prestigious Spanish award. The jury that decides the Princess of Asturias Awards announced Wednesday that Adam Michnik won its annual prize for communication and humanities.

A former Polish dissident and human rights activist who is editor-in-chief of one of Eastern Europe’s most popular newspapers, has won one of Spain’s most prestigious awards.

Everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon. But it all depends if your economy is more like Poland’s or Peru’s.

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Poland Russia Ambassador Russian Ambassador to Poland, Ambassador Sergey Andreev is covered with red paint in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, May 9, 2022. Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II. Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers' cemetery to lay flowers on Victory Day, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Allies. The Soviet cemetery is set amid a vast park on the route linking downtown to the international airport. It is the final resting place of more than 20,000 Red Army soldiers who perished on Polish soil fighting while helping to defeat Nazi Germany.

WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — Protesters threw red paint on the Russian ambassador on Monday as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II. Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers cemetery to lay flowers, where a group of activists opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine were waiting for him. Video footage shows red paint being thrown from behind Andreev before a protester standing beside him throws a big blob of it in his face. The protesters prevented the ambassador and other members of a Russian delegation from laying their flowers at the cemetery. Other men in his entourage were also seen splattered with what appeared to be red paint.

Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador to Poland as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.

Russia's ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced the attack, saying on her messaging app channel that “we won’t be scared” while the “people of Europe should be scared to see their reflection in a mirror.”

Heavy fighting raged Thursday at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, as Russian forces attempted to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port. Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers are holed up in the steel mill's underground bunkers, many of them wounded. Much of the world has responded to the war in Ukraine with an outpouring of humanitarian support. As recently as Tuesday he tweeted that he had been warned that Ukrainian intelligence was trying to track him down. Hundreds of Ukrainian forces from different parts of the army, as well as civilians, remain in the plant’s underground shelters.

The court said officials in Ukraine now have 40 days to formally present a request for Shariy’s extradition. Much of the world has responded to the war in Ukraine with an outpouring of humanitarian support. ___MADRID — Spanish authorities have arrested a Ukrainian politician-blogger accused of treason in his home country. As recently as Tuesday he tweeted that he had been warned that Ukrainian intelligence was trying to track him down. Hundreds of Ukrainian forces from different parts of the army, as well as civilians, remain in the plant’s underground shelters.

Poland Russia Ukraine War Donors' Conference Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Szmyhal, center, talks to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, left, and Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, 2nd left, at the High-Level International Donor's Conference for Ukraine at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Poland and Sweden want to encourage their partners to jointly respond to the difficult humanitarian situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk) (Michal Dyjuk)WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — War-ravaged Ukraine received pledges for $6.5 billion more in humanitarian aid Thursday at an international donor's conference in Warsaw that sought to get Ukrainians urgent help while still planning for the country's post-war reconstruction. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, a co-host of the conference, said $6.5 billion was raised in donations from countries and businesses, many of whom attended in person and others who made their pledges remotely. His co-host, Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, said the sum exceeded their expectations.

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WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — Poland and Sweden are co-hosting an international donors' conference on Thursday in Warsaw to raise funds for humanitarian efforts to help war-torn Ukraine, where thousands have been killed, cities devastated and millions of people displaced by Russia's attack. The High-Level International Donors' Conference for Ukraine is jointly organized by the Polish and Swedish prime ministers in collaboration with the European Commission and European Council presidents. The aims are to allow the international community to announce new pledges to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of Ukrainian society and to create a forum to discuss how to support Ukrainian society over the longer term. The co-hosts are prime ministers Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland and Magdalena Andersson of Sweden. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to give a video address to the participants, who are gathering in Warsaw's National Stadium.

War-ravaged Ukraine has received pledges for $6.5 billion more in humanitarian aid at an international donor’s conference in Warsaw.

EU ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss their response to Russia’s decision last week to cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. “We will call for immediate sanctions on Russian oil and gas. Germany believes it could cope if supplies of Russian oil were cut off by Moscow. “We shouldn’t support Gazprombank, we shouldn’t support the Russian economy. The EU has hit Russian officials, oligarchs, banks, companies and other organizations with rafts of sanctions since Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February.

Poland Russia Ukraine War In this photo released by the Office of the President of Poland U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, left, and Poland's President Andrzej Duda shake hands in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, May 2, 2022. (Marek Borawski/Office of the President of Poland) (Marek Borawski/Office of the President of Poland)WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in Warsaw on Monday to express gratitude to Poland for their humanitarian and other support for Ukraine. Pelosi and a half dozen U.S. lawmakers met with President Andrzej Duda and Polish lawmakers in Warsaw. The visit followed a weekend visit to Kyiv where they met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pledging to support his country until it defeats Russia. The largest group by far — more than 3 million people — have arrived in Poland, and many of them have remained.

A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has visited Warsaw to express gratitude to Poles for their humanitarian and other support for Ukraine.

Poland is calling on its European Union partners to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s oil and natural gas sectors over the war in Ukraine.

(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (Emilio Morenatti)WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s armed forces said Sunday that military exercises involving thousands of NATO soldiers have begun. They are regular exercises aimed at improving the security of the alliance’s eastern flank but come this year with Russia’s war against Ukraine raging nearby. ___LVIV, Ukraine — The British military says the Russian ruble will be used as currency in a Ukrainian city that Moscow seized earlier in the war. ___STOCKHOLM — Sweden says a Russian military plane has violated Swedish airspace. ___KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s national grid operator says it has has restored “reliable” power supply in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, around the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster.

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. leader to visit Ukraine since Russia's invasion.

Philanthropy Ukraine Relief In this image provided by Direct Relief, Direct Relief CEO Thomas Tighe stands in front of boxes of N95 masks at Direct Relief’s Santa Barbara, Calif., warehouse and headquarters in March 2020. Since the war between Russia and Ukraine began in February, Tighe and the nonprofit humanitarian medical organization Direct Relief, where he has been president and CEO since 2000, have provided more than 50 million doses of medication and 254 tons of medical aid to those in Ukraine and neighboring countries. (Direct Relief via AP) (Uncredited)Thomas Tighe says helping Ukrainians can generally be done by using existing aid strategies. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Tighe and the nonprofit humanitarian medical organization Direct Relief, where he has been president and CEO since 2000, have provided more than 50 million doses of medication and 254 tons of medical aid to people in Ukraine and neighboring countries. Direct Relief provides aid for natural disasters, or for health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the logistics and the supplies for those helping out on the front lines.

The meetings are a sign that the vaccines are moving closer to a possible authorization.

Poland's state gas giant says it is gradually restoring the flow of gas to the municipalities that lost it after a Russian energy firm that faced Polish sanctions halted energy supplies.

Poland’s state gas giant said Friday it was gradually restoring the flow of natural gas to municipalities that lost it after a Russian company halted supplies when Warsaw slapped it with sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The supply cut was a separate development from Russia's decision earlier this week to stop gas deliveries to Poland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree imposing a new payments system for gas supplies has placed the European Union and Russia at loggerheads, with Moscow demanding that EU companies open accounts in rubles. The issue, sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western response to it, escalated on April 27 after Russia cut off gas sales to Poland and Bulgaria, which refused to pay in rubles. At stake is European unity, with some countries including Germany more reliant on Russian gas than ot

Helping Ukrainians can generally be done by using existing aid strategies.

When I see those destroyed buildings, I must say what I feel. I imagined my family in one of those houses that is now destroyed and black,” said the secretary general in Borodyanka, Ukraine.

As some Eastern European nations send their Soviet-era kit to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s attack, the new weapons those nations stand to get in return from the United States and its allies could shape the continent’s arsenal for years to come.

Poland Holocaust Remembrance A woman holds Ukrainian flag at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (Czarek Sokolowski)WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda denounced Russia's war against Ukraine on Thursday as he joined Holocaust survivors and people from around the world at an annual observance at the former site of Auschwitz. This year's march, the first after being suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, also included delegations from Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates. Most who were killed were Jews, but the victims also included Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and others. ___More AP coverage of the Holocaust and Russia's war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/the-holocaust and https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraineCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has denounced Russia’s war against Ukraine as he joined Holocaust survivors and people from around the world at an annual observance at the former site of Auschwitz.

Russia Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while addresses a meeting of the Council of Legislators under the Russian Federal Assembly at the Tauride Palace, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Gas in roughly that amount is already flowing to Poland from other European countries pitching in to help. Russian energy giant Gazprom has lost relatively little revenue but opened a new front in its confrontation with Europe. Around 97% of European gas contracts with Russia are in euros or dollars. It said it's coordinating with the German government but that "doing without Russian gas at short notice isn't possible, it would have dramatic consequences for our national economy."

Russia Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while addresses a meeting of the Council of Legislators under the Russian Federal Assembly at the Tauride Palace, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The decision to end gas shipments sent a chill through officials wondering how their utility companies will heat homes and generate electricity next winter but cost Russia very little revenue. Gas in roughly that amount is already flowing to Poland from other European countries pitching in to help. So Russian energy giant Gazprom has lost relatively little revenue but opened a new front in its confrontation with Europe. Around 97% of European gas contracts with Russia are in euros or dollars.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is putting pressure on European governments with his proposal to pay for oil and gas in rubles.

IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi says radiation levels at trenches dug outside Chernobyl nuclear site by Russian soldiers were elevated but within safety limits. Still, he said, they were "clearly not a place to have a picnic."

There is a bipartisan push to send Kyiv financial support using the assets of oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Merck soundly beat Wall Street estimates for its top and bottom lines, reporting earnings of $2.14 per share on $15.9 billion in revenue.

Veteran natural gas trader Bill Perkins warned Thursday of potentially "catastrophic pricing" this winter if Russia's move to cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria ends in a full-blown energy blockade.

Poland has taken in more Ukrainian refugees than all other countries combined. In Warsaw, where 300,000 arrived, a city's life is transformed.

It was seen as a way for Russia to prop up its currency and retaliate for Western sanctions, but it could cause global energy prices to spike. One analyst sees it as a warning to the rest of Europe.

Global shares were mostly higher Thursday as the latest bout of turbulence on Wall Street abated. Oil prices fell back. Natural gas prices surged as much as 24% Wednesday in Europe and the euro weakened after Russia said it would cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Oil prices fell back, with U.S. benchmark crude oil losing 46 cents to $101.56 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Some Japanese officials have expressed concern over the yen's weakness at a time when costs for imported oil, gas and other commodities are soaring.

APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War An emergency worker is helped by locals to carry a man to an ambulance following a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Also, Russian gas deliveries to both Poland and Bulgaria were expected to end later this year anyway. Still, the cutoff and the Kremlin warning that other countries could be next sent shivers of worry through the 27-nation European Union. Russia claimed its missiles hit a batch of weapons that the U.S. and European nations had delivered to Ukraine. Blasts were also reported in Russia's Kursk region near the border, and authorities in Russia's Voronezh region said an air defense system shot down a drone.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The gas cuts do not immediately put the two countries in any dire trouble. Also, Russian gas deliveries to both Poland and Bulgaria were expected to end later this year anyway. Russia claimed its missiles hit a batch of weapons that the U.S. and European nations had delivered to Ukraine. While Poland gets around 45% of its gas from Russia, it relies overwhelmingly on coal and said it was well prepared for the cutoff. “The move that Russia did today is basically a move where Russia hurts itself," von der Leyen said.

Moscow's move to halt natural gas flows to the two countries raises the risk that it could cut off other European nations.

Poland Air Traffic Protest FILE - In this June 24, 2011 photo, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft standing next to a Polish Airlines LOT plane at the Frederic Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File) (Alik Keplicz)WARSAW — (AP) — Poland’s air navigation agency said Wednesday that it has agreed to implement all of the demands of the country’s air traffic controllers’ union, preventing the mass cancellation of flights in coming days. The majority of air traffic controllers in Warsaw were threatening to quit their jobs on May 1 after a drawn-out conflict with Poland’s air navigation authority over working hours, pay and the authority’s financial transparency. The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency announced late Wednesday that it had “accepted and agreed to implement all the demands” of the air traffic controllers union, the Polish news agency PAP reported. Janusz Janiszewski increased the working hours and reduced the pay of air traffic controllers, arguing that traffic was much smaller during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Poland Air Traffic Protest FILE - In this June 24, 2011 photo, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft standing next to a Polish Airlines LOT plane at the Frederic Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File) (Alik Keplicz)WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — Poland’s air navigation agency said Wednesday that it has agreed to implement all of the demands of the country's air traffic controllers’ union, preventing the mass cancellation of flights in coming days. The majority of air traffic controllers in Warsaw were threatening to quit their jobs on May 1 after a drawn-out conflict with Poland's air navigation authority over working hours, pay and the authority's financial transparency. The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency announced late Wednesday that it had “accepted and agreed to implement all the demands” of the air traffic controllers union, the Polish news agency PAP reported. Janusz Janiszewski increased the working hours and reduced the pay of air traffic controllers, arguing that traffic was much smaller during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The European Union on Wednesday decried Moscow’s move as “blackmail.”

The tactic could eventually force targeted nations to resort to gas rationing and could deal another blow to economies suffering from rising prices. At the same time, it could deprive Russia of badly needed income to fund its war effort. Russia claimed its missiles hit a batch of weapons that the U.S. and European nations had delivered to Ukraine. While Poland gets around 45% of its gas from Russia, it is overwhelmingly dependent on coal and said it was well prepared for the cutoff. “The move that Russia did today is basically a move where Russia hurts itself," von der Leyen said.

The country’s energy guru, Piotr Naimski, has spent years building infrastructure to free it from Russian gas. Now comes the test.

The move was widely seen as an effort to prop up the ruble and strike back at Europe amid an onslaught of Western penalties levied against Russian banks.

WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — A Russian man and a Belarusian man have been arrested in Poland for three months on allegations of spying for Russia’s special services, security authorities in Poland said Wednesday. Stanislaw Zaryn, a spokesman for Poland’s state security bodies, said that material gathered by Poland’s military intelligence formed the evidence for the arrests. Zaryn said the men were gathering sensitive military information, including about Polish troops’ presence near Poland’s border with Belarus. Last month a Spanish citizen was arrested in Poland on allegations of spying for Russia. The arrests come as Poland’s is helping its neighbor, Ukraine, resist an invasion by Russia, which is an ally of Belarus.

Russia Ukraine War FILE - Construction work on a 200 meter long pier being built where the gas pipeline is due to come ashore at Houstrup Strand, in West Jutland, Denmark, Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021. Russia has opened a new front in its war over Ukraine, cutting two European Union nations that staunchly back Kyiv off from its gas. The tactic could eventually force targeted nations to ration gas and deal another blow to economies suffering from rising prices. The West has also sought to isolate Russia economically, by imposing punishing sanctions — but European countries have struggled to reduce their dependence on Russian energy. The country gets around 45% of its gas from Russia but said it was well prepared for Wednesday’s cutoff.

Poland and Bulgaria have accused Moscow of using natural gas to blackmail their countries.

Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export as an attempt to punish and divide the West for its united support of Ukraine.

Officials in Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending deliveries of natural gas to their countries starting Wednesday.

The death toll from two coal mine accidents last week in southern Poland has risen to 13 after another injured miner died.

The U.S. is pressing its allies to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with the weapons it needs to repel Russian forces, as Moscow rains fire on eastern and southern Ukraine.

The death toll from two coal mine accidents last week in southern Poland has risen to 12.

After a secrecy-shrouded visit to Ukraine's capital, U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia is failing in its war aims and “Ukraine is succeeding.”.

Polish authorities say the death toll from accidents in recent days at two coal mines in southern Poland has increased to nine after four miners were brought to the surface and pronounced dead on Sunday.

Coal mining authorities in Poland say rescue workers have reached four of the 10 miners who went missing following an underground tremor and methane gas discharge Saturday at a mine in southern Poland.

A Vatican investigation into allegations that St. John Paul II’s longtime top aide was negligent in handling sex abuse claims in his native Poland has cleared him of wrongdoing.

New blasts at a Polish coal mine have injured 10 rescue workers and have forced authorities to suspend the search for seven coal miners and rescuers still missing after deadly methane explosions this week.

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country.

Authorities in Poland say two underground methane explosions at a coal mine killed five people and injured more than 20.

A Polish government special commission has reinforced its previous allegations that the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia was the result of Moscow's assassination plan.

Sirens have gone off in some Polish cities to mark the anniversary of the 2010 presidential plane crash, despite widespread protests that their sound would be unnecessary trauma to scores of refugees from the war in Ukraine.

Anxious about the wellbeing of Ukrainian refugees, city mayors across Poland are refusing the government's instructions to sound air raid sirens as part of memorial observances for a 2010 presidential plane crash.

Air travel authorities in Poland are warning travellers of possible flight delays and cancellations at Warsaw's airport due to a protest and some flight controllers quitting their jobs.

Poland has summoned the French ambassador over recent comments by President Emmanuel Macron who called Poland’s prime minister a “far-right anti-Semite” in a budding feud over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Officials in Michigan have broken ground on one of the few state-specific World War II memorials in the country.

Iga Swiatek has moved up one spot to the top of the WTA rankings and is the first tennis player from Poland to be No. 1 in the sport.

Having escaped from Russian shelling, Ukrainian refugees are now focused on building new lives — temporarily or permanently.

Iga Swiatek ended her journey to the women’s No. 1 ranking in fitting fashion.

U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev says he expects to be sidelined for one to two months after having hernia surgery.

As the number of people fleeing Ukraine slows, authorities in Poland and other neighboring nations are encouraging refugees from the war to find jobs, especially in health care and education.

A military veteran living in Orlando has arrived in Poland, volunteering at a shelter for Ukrainian refugees.

Germany and Austria have activated early warning plans amid concerns that Moscow could cut natural gas deliveries.

The ashes of Poland's award-winning composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki have been laid to rest in a state ceremony after a two-year delay.

The daily number of people fleeing Ukraine has fallen in recent days but border guards, aid agencies and refugees say Russia’s unpredictable war offers few signs whether it’s just a temporary lull or a permanent drop-off.

Poland's health minister says the government is abolishing practically all of its COVID-19 restrictions next week.

The European Union has announced moves to help its member states assist the millions of refugees fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine in accessing schools for their children, healthcare, accommodation and work.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says President Joe Biden plans to announce new sanctions against Russia on Thursday while in Brussels.

The president of Poland has compared Russia’s attacks on Ukraine to Nazi forces during World War II.

Yulia Bondarieva spent 10 days in a basement as Russian planes flew over and bombs were falling on Kharkiv.

President Joe Biden will thank Poland’s president for the country’s efforts to shelter Ukrainian refugees as part of his trip this week to Europe as Russian forces bear down in a nearly-month old invasion.

Ahead of his foreign trip, President Joe Biden is discussing the war with European leaders.

A bipartisan delegation of the U.S. lawmakers are visiting Poland and they say the most urgent need in Ukraine's fight against a Russian invasion is to equip the Ukraine military and support in every way so it can defend the country's independence.

Among those fleeing war in Ukraine are hundreds of children with cancer.

Peter Paul Rubens’ 17th century masterpiece “Portrait of a Lady” has sold for the equivalent of $3.4 million at a Warsaw auction, becoming the most expensive artwork ever bought on the Polish art market, the auction house said.