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☆ A Tangled Past Complicates Poland’s Welcome to Ukrainian Refugees
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Andrew Higgins | More About Andrew Higgins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bound by shared hostility toward Russia’s imperial ambitions and determination to resist the military onslaught ordered by President Vladimir V. Putin, Poland and Ukraine also share painfully entangled pasts. The carnage of 1943 has been a source of tension for decades, but it is now an episode of pressing import as Poland prepares to commemorate its 80th anniversary on July 11. On Sunday, President Andrzej Duda of Poland and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visited a church in Lutsk, in western Ukraine, to remember the massacre. Mr. Duda’s office and Mr. Zelensky posted photographs on Twitter from the ceremony, using the same language to pay tribute to the victims. She still resents “that they show no remorse” and has not forgotten the frenzied cries of “kill the Polacks, kill the Polacks” that echoed around her home village when she was 13.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Andrzej Duda of Poland, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Osinska, “ Locations: Poland, Ukraine, Warsaw, Lutsk

☆ Kyiv says Poland strike a 'very sensitive issue' after reports say Ukrainian forces fired the missile
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's defense ministry responded cautiously to reports suggesting its own armed forces fired a missile that hit Poland, killing two people, saying the issue was "very sensitive" as more details emerge about the incident. Early Wednesday morning, the Associated Press reported, citing three unnamed U.S. officials, that preliminary assessments indicated "the missile that struck Poland had been fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile." Late Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden said it's "unlikely" the missile that killed two people in Poland was fired from Russia, citing the trajectory of the rocket. President Andrzej Duda of Poland said Tuesday night that his government didn't yet conclusively know who fired a missile that struck Polish territory. [U.S. President] Joe Biden, when he was making his comment, he was also cautious because everybody understands that this is a very sensitive issue," he said.

☆ NATO chief says Poland blast likely caused by Ukrainian missile — but not Ukraine's fault
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Members of the police searching the fields near the village of Przewodow in Poland on November 16, 2022. Preliminary analysis, as previously reported, suggests that the incident was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile fired to intercept a Russian missile. The comments come after the alliance's North Atlantic Council held an emergency meeting following a missile strike that hit Poland on Tuesday night, killing two civilians. Those assessments came after Biden said Tuesday that it was "unlikely" the missile was fired from Russia, citing the trajectory of the rocket. President Andrzej Duda of Poland said Wednesday that there was no indication that this was an intentional attack on Poland.

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