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Reconstruction of Smolensk plane crash to be presented in Poland
The Commission responsible for investigating the Smolensk catastrophe will, in the near future, present a reconstruction of the last seconds of the plane crash which killed the former Polish president and others on the 10th of April 2010.
Radio Poland reported that this was said by the country’s Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz.
“I think that we will soon be presented with new or well-formulated information. The reconstruction of these events is made possible by the colossal …
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Bulgaria urges NATO to increase support for Ukraine
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev met with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
Bulgarian President expressed his support in continued assistence of Ukraine by the North Atlantic Alliance. The decision about the further assistence will be made at the Warsaw NATO summit in early July.
"During the meeting of NATO defense ministers, it was decided to increase support for Ukraine. We expect that this support will be approved at the NATO meeting in Warsaw,” said Plevneliev after talks …
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EU extends sanctions against Russia
On July 1, the European Union extendes sanctions against the Russian Federation until January 2017. This was reported by Radio Svoboda correspondent Rikard Jozwiak on Twitter.
"The EU has prolonged its economic sanctions on Russia to 31 Jan 2017.The decision will be published in the EU official journal on Sat.," Jozwiak wrote on Twitter.
The European Union imposes sanctions against Russian as a result of Russian’s involvement in the crisis in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea. …
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Polish soldiers arrive in Estonia
On Thursday, an infantry company from the Armed Forces of Poland arrived in Estonia, as reported by Postimees, citing a statement released by the headquarters of the Estonian Defense Forces.
The 5th Company of the 7th Motorized Battalion of the 17th Motorized Infantry Brigade will stay in Estonia until July 31 to develop cooperation with Estonian soldiers and other allies in Estonia.
The company, reinforced by armored personnel carriers, is made up of nearly 150 servicemen. Polish soldiers …
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Ukraine to supply missiles for Polish MiG-29 fighter aircraft
The Ukrainian state owned enterprise SpetsTechnoExport will supply the MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Armed Forces with the medium range air-to-air missiles Р-27Р1.
The tender of the Polish army has been won by a consortium of Ukrainian SpetsTechnoExport and Polish WB Electronics. The information was published on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Air Force.
“In October last year, Polish military announced a tender for purchase of 40 air-to-air missiles with the range of 50-80 kilometers …