Archiv: Andrzej Duda


26.09.2023 - 01:09 [ BBC ]

Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine amid grain row

(22.09.2023)

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland‘s focus was instead on defending itself with more modern weapons.

But the country‘s president later said the comments had been misinterpreted in the „worst possible way“.

Andrzej Duda said it was only new Polish weapons that would not be sent.

17.06.2023 - 13:15 [ New York Times ]

Allies Pressure Biden to Hasten NATO Membership for Ukraine

(June 14, 2023)

The hope in the push is that once Ukraine is a full member of the alliance, Russia would not dare to try to topple the government in Kyiv because an attack on one NATO country is considered an attack on them all. Ukrainian membership has become a “consuming debate,” both in Europe and inside the Biden administration, according to one senior U.S. official who is deeply involved in the discussions.

Only Germany has sided fully with Mr. Biden, though some of the other 29 allies have their own quiet doubts about Ukraine’s readiness to fully join the alliance — and the risks that NATO nations could get sucked directly into a conflict with Russia in the future.

16.06.2023 - 15:21 [ ORF.at ]

Israel vor Verkauf Hunderter Panzer nach Europa

Laut dem Onlineportal der Tageszeitung „Yediot Ahronot“ sollen die Panzer an zwei namentlich nicht genannte Länder geliefert werden – eines davon in Europa.

Ob diese Panzer letztlich für die Ukraine bestimmt sein könnten, bleibt in dem Artikel unklar.

13.06.2023 - 15:41 [ APnews.com ]

France, Germany and Poland back Ukraine’s counteroffensive in a show of unity

The leaders of France, Germany and Poland met in Paris Monday for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country, ahead of a NATO summit in July.

13.06.2023 - 15:29 [ rferl.org ]

Polish President Pushes for Ukraine‘s NATO Membership At Paris Talks

„Ukraine is waiting for an unambiguous signal regarding a clear prospect of membership in NATO,“ Duda said on June 12 after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris. The tripartite meetings involving Germany, France, and Poland, known as the Weimar Triangle, began in 1991 in Weimar, Germany.

09.06.2023 - 04:18 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

NATO countries led by Poland may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine – potentially dragging the alliance into war with Russia – former secretary general warns

‚The president and the prime minister will also discuss the joint US-UK leadership on critical emerging technologies as well as our work to strengthen our economic security.‘

Biden will then hold talks with current NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg on Monday.

Ukraine is set to top the agenda for their talks which will take place one month out from the summit and will give other NATO countries an inkling of what to expect from Kyiv‘s most powerful western ally.

08.06.2023 - 06:48 [ theGuardian.com ]

Nato members may send troops to Ukraine, warns former alliance chief

Rasmussen said: “If Nato cannot agree on a clear path forward for Ukraine, there is a clear possibility that some countries individually might take action. We know that Poland is very engaged in providing concrete assistance to Ukraine. And I wouldn’t exclude the possibility that Poland would engage even stronger in this context on a national basis and be followed by the Baltic states, maybe including the possibility of troops on the ground.

“I think the Poles would seriously consider going in and assemble a coalition of the willing if Ukraine doesn’t get anything in Vilnius.

07.06.2023 - 08:30 [ BalticWorlds.com ]

In Poland, COVID-19 exposes progressing societal militarization

(May 31, 2020)

As the lockdown unraveled, the disoriented Polish public swiftly learned from the media that the country is “at war with an invisible aggressor”, one that requires the Minister of Health to act like a “Commander in Chief” and puts the medical staff on the “front lines”. This military rhetoric was soon multiplied by media reports on the spike in Russian and Chinese “information warfare” against the European Union over COVID-19. Far from being purely discursive, this warlike response to the pandemic has also involved a wide deployment of close to ten thousand military personnel across the country. Already in March, the newly-founded Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) were mobilized for the first Polish comprehensive anti-crisis military operation after 1989.

07.06.2023 - 08:24 [ NationalInterest.org ]

How the Army Is Training European Militias to Stop a Russian Invasion

(January 14, 2020)

Their tasks could include slowing the advancing units of an aggressor nation by destroying key transportation infrastructure such as bridges, attacking enemy forces at choke-points and potentially serving as forward observers for NATO aircraft responding with air strikes.

07.06.2023 - 08:16 [ US Army ]

Special Forces Soldiers train with Polish, Latvian allies in West Virginia

(October 8, 2019)

The State Partnership Program (SPP) is a National Guard Bureau initiative that links states and territories with partner countries around the world to foster mutual interests, establish long-term relations, enhance U.S. national security interests, and promote political stability. Through the SPP program, the Illinois National Guard is partnered with Poland and the Michigan National Guard is partnered with Latvia.

07.06.2023 - 08:14 [ West Virginia National Guard ]

W.Va. Special Forces train with Polish, Latvian forces in West Virginia

(July 3, 2019)

West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) Special Forces Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) recently completed the first irregular and unconventional warfare training iteration for members of the Polish Territorial Defense Forces and Latvian Zemmessardze as a part of the Ridge Runner program in West Virginia.

Ridge Runner is a WVARNG training program that provides various National Guard, active duty, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally nation armed forces training and experience to in irregular and asymmetrical warfare tactics and operations.

07.06.2023 - 07:57 [ Politico.eu ]

Poland to recruit 35,000 for paramilitary force to combat Russia threat

(June 3, 2016)

Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz announced Thursday that the command structure and senior appointments for the Territorial Defense Force, which will ultimately number 35,000, had already been decided.

The force will be aimed at countering hybrid warfare, such as that used by Russia to annex the Crimean Peninsula, Radio Free Europe reported officials as saying.

06.06.2023 - 09:05 [ Independentsentinel.com ]

Ukraine Fired the Missile Into Poland – No Formal Investigation to Follow

(16.11.2022)

There will not be a referral for an investigation, Duda said.

06.06.2023 - 08:47 [ Thomas C. Theiner / threadreaderapp.com ]

Here is a photo of Poland‘s RAT-31DL FADR radar at Łabunie. This radar is 40 km from Przewodów, where the missiles exploded. That radar is barely 10 years old and has a 11×7 m antenna. It is one of the best radars NATO has. And it feeds directly into the Polish Air Force‘s

Air Operations Centre in Pyry. The Poles see in real time EVERYTHING that flies towards their country from the East for 500 km.

Poland knows EXACTLY where those missiles came from.

AND Pyry feeds directly into NATO‘s Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem.

06.06.2023 - 08:45 [ Wikipedia ]

Przewodów: Explosion am 15. November 2022

Am Abend des 15. November 2022 kamen gegen 15:30 Uhr in Przewodów zwei Mitarbeiter eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes bei einer Explosion ums Leben. Die Explosion zerstörte einen mit Mais beladenen Anhänger und hinterließ einen Krater im Boden.[11] Der Vorfall wurde in Polen und international auf höchster politischer Ebene diskutiert. Die NATO und die polnische Regierung unter Premier Mateusz Morawiecki gehen davon aus, dass es sich wahrscheinlich um einen Unfall mit einer ukrainischen Flugabwehrrakete handle, die eigentlich zur Abwehr russischer Marschflugkörper bestimmt gewesen sei.

06.06.2023 - 07:55 [ Euractiv.com ]

Moscow slams Polish General’s call to back potential mass rebellion in Belarus

(May 26, 2023)

Skrzypczak said a potential uprising in Belarus might start from similar operations to those by Russians in Belgorod. He added that they would gain support from society, and Poland should not miss the momentum to support Belarusians.

In such circumstances, Lukashenko could hardly count on Moscow’s help.

“Russia has its own problems,” he insisted.

06.06.2023 - 07:45 [ Hellas.postsen.com ]

Polish mercenaries took part in the recent raids on Belgorod

(04th June 2023)

In particular, yesterday Sunday, the websites Polsatnews.pl and Wprost.pl reported that mercenaries of the so-called Polish Volunteer Corps fought alongside the Ukrainian forces.

The reports cite Telegram posts by the group and a video purportedly showing gunmen on their way to Belgorod.

06.06.2023 - 07:42 [ Hindustan Times ]

NATO Nation‘s fighters aid attacks on Russia‘s Belgorod; Poland in a fix amid ‚Putin‘s fear‘

Poland has distanced itself from reports that Polish mercenaries had joined militia in leading attacks on territories deep inside Russia. This after several videos of Polish Volunteer Corps crossing the Ukrainian boundary and mocking the Russian regime went viral.

30.11.2022 - 07:34 [ Nau.ch ]

Ukraine fordert in Bukarest Patriot-Luftabwehr

(29. November 2022 – 18:10)

Kuleba fasste seine Forderung an die Nato in drei Worten zusammen: «Schneller, schneller, schneller!»

30.11.2022 - 07:24 [ DefenseOne.com ]

Why the US Won’t Give Patriot Interceptors to Ukraine

(March 10, 2022)

“There‘s no discussion about putting a Patriot battery in Ukraine. In order to do that you have to put U.S. troops with it to operate it,” a senior defense official said Thursday.

30.11.2022 - 07:01 [ Visegrád 24 / Nitter ]

Asked about Poland’s idea to send German Patriot systems to Ukraine, Germany’s Defence Minister Lambrecht said the air defense system can only be transferred to Ukraine if all members approve. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg says that it isn’t the case & it’s Germany‘s choice

(25.11.2022)

30.11.2022 - 05:57 [ Reuters ]

German warplanes patrolling skies over Poland, air force says

(March 1, 2022)

„Safeguarding the skies over Poland,“ the air force said on Twitter, above a picture of a starting fighter jet, without giving details.

A military spokesperson told Reuters the Eurofighter jets were flying missions out of Germany over Poland, a country that suffered severely under Nazi Germany in the last century.

30.11.2022 - 05:17 [ Independentsentinel.com ]

Ukraine Fired the Missile Into Poland – No Formal Investigation to Follow

(16.11.2022)

There will not be a referral for an investigation, Duda said.

30.11.2022 - 05:07 [ Fox News ]

Stoltenberg says no NATO Article 4 until investigation in Poland missile ‚explosion‘ completed

(November 16, 2022)

„I spoke with [President Andrzej Duda] last night, we agreed on the importance of awaiting the outcome of the investigation,“ Stoltenberg told reporters. „We don‘t have the final outcome on that, we have no indication that this was a deliberate attack.“

26.11.2022 - 09:38 [ DefenseOne.com ]

Why the US Won’t Give Patriot Interceptors to Ukraine

(March 10, 2022)

“There‘s no discussion about putting a Patriot battery in Ukraine. In order to do that you have to put U.S. troops with it to operate it,” a senior defense official said Thursday.

26.11.2022 - 08:47 [ CNN ]

These are the missile defense systems the US sent to Poland

(March 10, 2022 )he Patriot air defense missile system – Patriot stands for “Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept of Target” – is designed to counter and destroy incoming short-range ballistic missiles, advanced aircraft and cruise missiles.

26.11.2022 - 08:36 [ Radio Polen - polskieradio.pl ]

NATO-Chef: Sowohl Polen als auch Ukraine brauchen Patriot-Raketen

Luftabwehrsysteme seien sowohl in Polen als auch in der Ukraine notwendig, sagte NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg am Freitag in einempolskieradio.pl Interview für den US-Nachrichtensender CNN.

26.11.2022 - 08:31 [ junge Welt ]

Die Bundesregierung hält an ihrem Angebot fest, dem #NATO-Partner Polen »Patriot«-Luftabwehrsysteme zur Verfügung zu stellen. Man spreche innerhalb der Regierung auch über den polnischen Vorschlag, »Patriot«-Systeme lieber an die #Ukraine zu übergeben.

22.11.2022 - 14:24 [ Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Vorsitzende Verteidigungsausschuss, Mitglied FDP-Bundesvorstand / ]

1/2 Auf der parl. Versammlung der #NATO in Madrid bestätigen mir die Vertreter der #USA im Ausschuss für Verteidigung und Sicherheit, dass die USA kein Problem damit haben, wenn Deutschland Panzer an UKR liefern würde. Im Gegenteil. Von dt. „Alleingang“ kann nicht die Rede sein.

22.11.2022 - 14:16 [ rbb24 Inforadio / Nitter ]

Die Vorsitzende des Verteidigungsausschusses @MAStrackZi von der @fdpbt unterstützt die Lieferung von #Patriot-Flugabwehrraketen nach #Polen. Sie seien auch ein Zeichen dafür, dass man die Ostflanke des #NATO-Bündnisgebiets gemeinsam sichert.

22.11.2022 - 13:28 [ Kyiv Independent ]

Media: Polish prosecutors won‘t allow Ukraine to join investigation of Przewodow blast

Earlier on Nov. 18, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukrainian experts were already working on the explosion site and added that he was grateful to Poland for giving them access.

According to Rzeczpospolita sources, however, Ukrainian investigators didn’t perform any procedural activities on the site because it’s against the law — they were just able to see the place.

22.11.2022 - 13:20 [ DefenseNews.com ]

Poland accepts Germany’s Patriot offer after fatal missile strike

Following the conversation, Błaszczak tweeted that “the German Defence Minister has confirmed her willingness to place Patriot launchers near the border” with Ukraine, and that the number of launchers, their variant, and time of delivery, among others, were to be further discussed by both allies.

Lambrecht has also offered to send the country’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets to help secure the Polish airspace.

22.11.2022 - 13:01 [ Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. (GSP) / Nitter ]

(KS) Nach Raketeneinschlag im Südosten #Polen|s bietet #Deutschland seinem Nachbarn u. #NATO-Partner neben #Eurofighter|n nun auch #Patriot-Flugabwehrsysteme zur Luftraumsicherung an. In der Slowakei sind beide Waffensysteme aus ?? bereits stationiert.