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
Poland said Tuesday it was banning imports of Russian coal.
It is more dependent on Russian oil, however. And while Poland produces a lot of its own coal, it also relies on imports
They discussed 'further efforts to help Ukraine defend its territory' and the US and its allies' ongoing actions towards Russia, the White House said in statement
On his final day in Europe, President Joe Biden on Saturday sought to reassure Poland that the United States would defend against any attacks by Russia
Before Biden returns to Washington on Saturday, he is expected to address the Polish people
Biden planned to meet with members of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, who are serving alongside Polish troops
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukrainians "need to achieve peace" and halt Russian bombardment that has forced millions to flee to countries like Poland
Commenting on the move, Oyo founder and Group CEO Ritesh Agarwal said, 'We are deeply inspired by our homeowners who are opening their homes and hearts to people in dire need'