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German air policing over Poland already operational, spokesperson says
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Nato calls press convention with secretary basic Rutte, prime commander Grynkewich
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Poland’s Tusk hints at extra UK involvement in Poland, provides no particulars
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Poland’s Tusk talks about plans for ramping up home ammunition manufacturing
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EU might section out Russian oil, gasoline sooner to assist finish Ukraine warfare, US vitality secretary Wright says
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Poland’s Sikorski meets with UK’s Cooper in Kyiv for talks on Ukraine, Nato’s japanese flank
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21 reported drone incursions into Poland, president’s senior aide says
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Prince Harry makes shock go to to Ukraine pledging help for 1000’s injured in warfare
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‘We have been speculated to have sanctions; as an alternative, we received Alaska,’ Poland’s overseas minister on Trump’s choices on Russia
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Morning opening: We want it it was, nevertheless it wasn’t a mistake
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German air policing over Poland already operational, spokesperson says
Expanded German air policing over Poland in response to the incursion of Russian drones is already in impact, a defence ministry spokesperson mentioned.
“Aviation already established operational readiness yesterday night,” the spokesperson mentioned at an everyday authorities information convention, as reported by Reuters.
“Which means that we now have two alarm rotas within the space which fulfil the mission 24/7. Each alarm rotas are certified for the mission,” he mentioned.
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Nato calls press convention with secretary basic Rutte, prime commander Grynkewich
Nato has known as a press convention with secretary basic Mark Rutte and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich this afternoon.
It is going to happen 4pm BST, 5pm CEST, and we’ll deliver you all the small print right here.
Given Tusk’s feedback earlier (11:32), we are able to anticipate this to be associated to the Russian drone incursion incident earlier this week – significantly coming simply hours earlier than a UN safety council assembly on this matter at 8pm BST, 9pm CEST.
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Up to date at 06.03 EDT
Poland’s Tusk hints at extra UK involvement in Poland, provides no particulars
Tusk additionally says the announcement with BAE Techniques is “solely part of our cooperation with the UK.”
He says he “obtained one other message from prime minister Starmer about larger UK involvement in army help, right here in Poland, on an pressing foundation,” with out providing additional particulars.
Let’s see what which means. We’re wanting into this.
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Poland’s Tusk talks about plans for ramping up home ammunition manufacturing
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is talking now at an ammunition manufacturing facility in Poland.
He says he has been in contact with Nato’s secretary basic, Mark Rutte, and expects to listen to extra concerning the alliance’s “motion” on the japanese flank in response to the Russian drone incursion later at the moment.
He additionally talks a few new funding by British firm BAE Techniques that may assist Poland produce caliber 155mm ammunition.
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Up to date at 05.47 EDT
EU might section out Russian oil, gasoline sooner to assist finish Ukraine warfare, US vitality secretary Wright says
The European Union might section out Russian oil and gasoline sooner and it could be useful in ending the warfare in Ukraine, US vitality secretary Chris Wright mentioned.
US vitality secretary Chris Wright is welcomed by European parliament president Roberta Metsola forward of a gathering in Brussels, Belgium. {Photograph}: Olivier Hoslet/EPA
Talking at an occasion in Brussels organised by the Centre for European Coverage Research thinktank, Wright additionally mentioned if the EU didn’t repair its methane legal guidelines, it could stop LNG imports from america, Reuters reported.
His feedback come a day after fourteen inexperienced teams have written to Ursula von der Leyen this morning to defend the EU’s methane guidelines towards US lobbying (Europe Stay, Thursday).
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Poland’s Sikorski meets with UK’s Cooper in Kyiv for talks on Ukraine, Nato’s japanese flank
Poland’s Sikorski has met with UK overseas secretary Yvette Cooper in Kyiv earlier this morning, the Polish ministry of overseas affairs confirmed.
The pair talks concerning the state of affairs in Ukraine and the japanese flank of Nato following the Russian drone incursion into Poland, the ministry mentioned.
UK nationwide safety adviser Jonathan Powell additionally joined the assembly, it added.
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21 reported drone incursions into Poland, president’s senior aide says
In the meantime, Marcin Przydacz, essentially the most senior overseas coverage aide to Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki, mentioned in an interview with Radio Zet this morning that the variety of reported Russian drones that crossed into Poland’s territory went as much as 21.
Not all of them have been discovered but, he mentioned. As of final evening, Poland’s inside ministry confirmed retrieving 17 drones.
Przydacz additionally cautioned towards what he mentioned was a marketing campaign of Russian disinformation, which sought to make folks consider that the drones have been Ukrainian, stressing that Polish authorities have been “clear” they have been Russian and launched from the Russian territory.
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Regardless of the robust response from Poland, it’s value noting that Trump’s feedback seem like broadly according to these by US air drive basic and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Alexus Gregory Grynkewich.
Showing alongside the Lithuanian defence minister, Grynkewich advised a press convention in Vilnius on Thursday that “we don’t but know if this was an intentional act or an unintentional act” from Russia (Europe Stay, Thursday).
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Prince Harry makes shock go to to Ukraine pledging help for 1000’s injured in warfare
Prince Harry has additionally made a shock go to to Kyiv after an invite from the Ukrainian authorities, saying he wished to do “all the things potential” to assist the restoration of the 1000’s of army personnel who’ve been severely injured within the three-year warfare towards Russia.
Prince Harry arrives in Kyiv, Ukraine. {Photograph}: David Levene/The Guardian
Through the journey to the Ukrainian capital, he and a crew from his Invictus Video games Basis are set to element new initiatives to help the rehabilitation of the wounded, with the eventual goal of offering assist to all areas of the nation.
Earlier this 12 months it was estimated that the Ukraine warfare had already left 130,000 folks with everlasting disabilities – and the federal government has now put rehabilitation by sport on the coronary heart of its coverage for serving to veterans.
Chatting with the Guardian on an in a single day prepare to the capital, the Duke of Sussex mentioned: “We can’t cease the warfare however what we are able to do is do all the things we are able to to assist the restoration course of.”
He added: “We will proceed to humanise the folks concerned on this warfare and what they’re going by. Now we have to maintain it within the forefront of individuals’s minds. I hope this journey will assist to deliver it dwelling to folks as a result of it’s simple to turn out to be desensitised to what has been happening.”
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‘We have been speculated to have sanctions; as an alternative, we received Alaska,’ Poland’s overseas minister on Trump’s choices on Russia
In a single day, Sikorski additionally appeared on Fox Information, saying “it’s arduous to consider” that the incursions might have been a mistake.
He additionally mentioned:
“We have to change Vladimir Putin’s calculations. We have to persuade him that he can’t conquer Ukraine at a suitable price. And to do this, we have to impose more durable sanctions on Russia.
We have to starve Russia of the sources to proceed prosecuting this legal warfare.”
In a bruising touch upon Trump’s current choices on Russia, he added:
We have been speculated to have sanctions, and as an alternative, we received Alaska. And since then, as you say, assaults have intensified.
US president Donald Trump greets Russia’s president Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. {Photograph}: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/APShare
Poland’s overseas minister Radosław Sikorski is in Kyiv at the moment on a beforehand unannounced go to.
In a brief video clip in entrance of the Polish embassy in Kyiv, seemingly meant to reply to Trump’s feedback in a single day, he appeared with Poland’s chargé d’affaires in Kyiv, Piotr Łukasiewicz.
“Minister, I report that after the current drone and missile assault on Kyiv, the harm to our embassy and consulates has been repaired, and we’re working usually below these situations,” Łukasiewicz mentioned.
Sikorski replied:
“On the evening when 19 Russian drones flew over Poland, over 400 drones and 40 missiles flew over Ukraine. These weren’t errors.”
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Morning opening: We want it it was, nevertheless it wasn’t a mistake
Jakub Krupa
Poland’s political management seems more and more involved by the muted US response to Thursday’s Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace.
A Polish police officer stands close to a unmanned aerial automobile (UAV) fragment, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace throughout an assault on Ukraine and a few have been shot down by Poland, in Czesniki, Poland. {Photograph}: Polsat Information/Reuters
As increasingly European companions condemn the incident and declare their help for Poland with concrete provides of assist, the US president, Donald Trump, seemed to be extra dismissive final evening as he mentioned it “might have been an mistake”.
“Regardless, I’m not joyful about something having to do with that entire state of affairs,” Trump advised reporters, earlier than including basically phrases: “However hopefully it’s going to return to an finish.”
In a single day, Poland’s deputy prime minister and overseas minister, Radosław Sikorski, mentioned merely: “No, it wasn’t a mistake.”
This was additional adopted by the nation’s prime minister, Donald Tusk.
“We’d additionally want that the drone assault on Poland was a mistake. However it wasn’t. And we all know it,” Tusk mentioned in a pointed social media rebuttal in English this morning.
The diplomatic offensive comes hours earlier than the UN safety council gathers in New York to debate the incident on Poland’s request and we’ll little doubt hear extra from Poland and its European allies within the construct as much as the assembly.
It’s Friday, 12 September 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Stay.
Good morning.
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