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Germany has rejected suggestions that it is reneging on a promise to provide Poland with tanks to make up for those that Warsaw has delivered to Ukraine. Polish President Andrzej Duda told German broadcaster Welt that he was very disappointed Berlin had not fulfilled its promise on the delivery of Leopard tanks to Poland. Speaking after a meeting with her Polish counterpart in Berlin on Tuesday, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the issue had been discussed in order to resolve "misunderstandings. She said Germany could not supply heavy weapons at the press of a button as there were numerous questions to consider, not least what arms are actually available. Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said his country regretted that the situation with regard to arms deliveries to Ukraine was not as dynamic as hoped, but acknowledged that the devil lies in the detail on the issue. Poland gave Soviet-designed T-72 tanks to Ukraine with the expectation that NATO, the U.S. an

Duda's visit, his second to Kyiv since April, came as Russian and Ukrainian forces battled along a 551-kilometer (342-mile) wedge of the country's eastern industrial heartland

Most Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war, have crossed to the European Union through border points in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania

The European Commission provided around 60 percent of the funding, while Latvia and Estonia also contributed

Poland urged its European Union partners on Monday to unite and impose sweeping sanctions on Russia's oil and natural gas sectors over the war in Ukraine

A top-level US 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 US 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. In a statement after the meeting with Duda, Pelosi called him a valued partner in supporting the people of Ukraine in the face of Putin's brutal and unprovoked war. She said that during their meeting the members of her delegation expressed America's deep gratitude to the Polish government and Polish people for opening their hearts and homes to Ukrainian refugees, and we reaffirmed our nation's pledge to continue supporting Poland's humanitarian efforts. Russians invasion of Ukraine has sparked a refugee crisis, with more than 5.5 million people

The European Commission is working on a sixth round of measures which could include oil restrictions, but Russia-dependent countries like Hungary and Slovakia are wary of taking tough action

Poland's armed forces said Sunday that military exercises involving thousands of NATO soldiers have begun.

By cutting off gas supplies, Russia has landed its latest economic blow against Poland and Bulgaria. But with international support, it is a blow that can be withstood.

Russia's Gazprom halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday over their failure to pay in roubles, cranking up an economic war with Europe

Gazprom supplies almost half of Poland's annual needs - 10 billion cubic metres (bcm) versus total consumption of over 20 bcm.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the announcement by Gazprom is yet another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail

Russia is suspending natural gas deliveries to Poland beginning Wednesday morning after Poland refused a demand to pay for its supplies in Russian rubles, Polish officials said

Foreign ministers of Luxembourg and Lithuania -- Jean Asselborn and Gabrielius Landsbergis -- stressed on the need for weapons delivery to Ukraine

The accident at 3:40 a.m. on Saturday at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine occurred 900 metres underground

Container towns for internal refugees are being created, the official said, adding that women and children fleeing from eastern Ukraine will find refuge there

Canadian Minister of National Defence, Anita Anand has announced that up to 150 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel could deploy to Poland on a humanitarian mission to support Ukrainian refugees.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi returned from Poland on Tuesday with 20 Ukrainians displaced by Russia's ongoing war on their country

'It's Germany that is the main roadblock on sanctions. Hungary is for the sanctions,' Morawiecki said.

Western nations have rejected that demand, arguing it would undermine sanctions over the war