Natalia Ojewska

Polish authorities detained nine foreign nationals accused of monitoring deliveries of weapons and aid to Ukraine, saying the surveillance network had links with Russian intelligence and aimed to sabotage shipments.

Poland will send four Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming days as the nation moves ahead with deliveries to bolster Kyiv’s air power, President Andrzej Duda said.

Pope John Paul II was credited with helping bring down communism in his native Poland and then uniting the country behind democracy. Almost two decades after his death, the late pontiff has been thrust back to the center of Polish politics before an election later this year.

Poland stands to lose out on more than €75 billion ($82 billion) in European Union budget funding if it fails to approve legislation giving its judiciary more independence, a process that was thrown into limbo last month.

The Polish government may extend a reduction to zero in the VAT rate charge on food into 2024 if inflation stays high, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

Poland’s ruling party saw a slide in support and may struggle to hold on to power after an election expected in October, a poll showed.

European allies aim to finalize plans as soon as June to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, Denmark’s acting defense minister said, after the US gave its support.

Poland’s ruling party pushed through legislation to set up an inquiry panel that could target opposition leader Donald Tusk, kicking off a charged political fight five months before a tightly contested election.

Poland’s president hit back at criticism from the US and the European Union over a law that would potentially put the country’s opposition leader under investigation ahead of a crucial election, saying the objections are unjustified.

The Polish government has asked the UK for new air-defense support and technology to help it repel Russian missiles, drones and spy balloons, people familiar with the matter said.