Poland

Poland is holding informal talks with the EU president to exempt Polish farmers from some provisions of the European Green Deal, due to fears that the neighborhood with Ukraine could harm the agricultural market.

China sees negotiations as the only way to end the fighting in Ukraine, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said after talks in Moscow between China's special representative for Ukraine and Russia's deputy foreign minister.

China's special representative for Eurasia met in Moscow with the deputy foreign minister to discuss the settlement of the war in Ukraine. He will then visit Poland, Ukraine and Germany.

A car drove into a crowd in Szczecin, Poland, injuring 20 people, including 6 Ukrainians. The 33-year-old driver, who had been undergoing psychiatric treatment for 4 years, was charged with attempted murder and fleeing the scene.

Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at six checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, leaving more than 2,400 trucks queued up to enter Ukraine.

Starting March 11, cars with Russian license plates will be confiscated in Lithuania. The exception will be their transit to and from the Kaliningrad region. Such cars can stay in the country for no more than 24 hours with the mandatory presence of the owner

In Ukraine, more than 350 consumers in 4 settlements were deprived of gas supply due to damage to a steel gas pipeline in Kharkiv region, and 144 residents of apartments in Odesa were left without electricity due to a drone attack.

A Ukrainian fifth-grader from Kherson has won a bronze medal and a $300 scholarship at the Polish National Math Olympiad.

A 33-year-old Pole ran over a group of pedestrians at a crosswalk in Szczecin, injuring 19 people, some of whom were seriously wounded. The man was detained by the police.

The European Union will step up inspections of carriers to ensure compliance with agreements on grain exports from Ukraine amid Polish protests over Ukrainian goods.

French fighter jets intercepted two russian Su-30M and An-72 aircraft over the Baltic Sea and north of Poland, the NATO press service reports.

Polish farmers completely blocked truck traffic at the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint on the border with Ukraine.

Alexei Navalny was buried in Moscow, surrounded by heavy security and a large crowd of people wishing to say goodbye to the politician.

The criminal group smuggled at least 168 conscripts across the Ukrainian-Polish border. The scheme involved a border guard inspector who let them pass through the checkpoint without entering data into the system.

Ukraine can buy ammunition from the Balkan countries only through third parties due to the internal legislation of these countries.

Ukraine provides emergency assistance to the Polish power grid operator by supplying 400 MWh of electricity due to increased consumption in Ukraine due to cloud cover, which reduces solar energy output in some regions.

Zara is preparing to reopen 50 of its more than 80 stores in Ukraine, which it closed after Russia's invasion in February 2022.

Polish President Andrzej Duda does not believe that Russia will attack NATO countries, as their armed forces are well trained and have modern equipment.

The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine said that the liberalization of cargo transportation between Ukraine and Turkey will continue until the end of the war due to the relevant decision of the ministries of infrastructure of both countries.

Poland will continue to provide military support to Ukraine in the form of financial aid and weapons, but will not send troops, as confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh.

The European Commission has approved a decision granting Poland access to €137 billion in EU funding, with the first tranche of €6. 3 billion expected in the coming weeks and €1.4 billion for investments in agriculture.

European defense and foreign ministers will meet in Paris to further discuss support for Ukraine and protect Moldova from Russian destabilization.

The Latvian government has imposed an embargo on Russian products, and the Polish Prime Minister said that Poland is considering doing the same in response to uncontrolled supplies from Russia and Belarus that are destabilizing European markets.

Europe has already handed over all surplus shells to Ukraine - expert.

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine expressed confidence that an international tribunal to prosecute the Russian leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine would be established, and that the prosecutor's office was already collecting evidence for this case.

Ukraine once again transfers surplus electricity to Poland thanks to sunny weather and active solar power plants.

Ukraine's energy system remains reliable despite Russian attacks, thanks to strengthened air defense, large-scale repairs of energy facilities, and a shift in Russian tactics to more targeted attacks.

Polish farmers continue to block six checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, leading to the accumulation of about 2,200 trucks in queues and a significant decrease in the number of truck crossings.

The russian federation spreads the "news" that Poland plans to annex the western parts of Ukrainian territories in order to provoke a conflict between the countries.

The Ukrainian deputy prime minister denied that Ukraine is negotiating to close the border with Poland and said that maintaining an open border is important for Ukraine's survival in the war with Russia.