Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that Russia was planning “acts of terror” in air travel around the world. He accused Moscow of organizing sabotage and hijacking on Polish soil and beyond. “Without going into detail, I can confirm the validity of the fears that Russia has planned acts of air terror, not only against Poland, but also against airlines around the world,” Donald Tusk told reporters. in Warsaw.
He calls for “common action”
The Polish Prime Minister made this statement in the presence of the President of neighboring Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who came to Poland for a series of talks. Poland, a member of the EU and NATO, has been one of Ukraine’s main allies since Russia launched a war against kyiv in February 2022.
According to Donald Tusk, “the acts of sabotage, the different versions of the war that Russia has declared on the entire civilized world, and not just on Ukraine, require joint action.”
“Accelerate” Ukraine’s accession to the EU
Donald Tusk, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, also promised this Wednesday to do everything to “overcome the impasse” in Ukraine’s European accession process. “We will work with Ukraine and our European partners, without preconditions, to accelerate the accession process as much as possible,” he said.
For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that “the sooner Ukraine is in the EU, the sooner Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, the more we act together, the sooner the whole of Europe will obtain certainty geopolitics that it needs.” “Russia will not go where there is our integration, our common strength,” he added. Volodymyr Zelensky has increased his meetings with supporters of Ukraine before Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The Republican has promised to quickly end the fighting upon his return to office next week, raising fears in Ukraine that it will be forced to make major territorial concessions in exchange for peace.
New “massive” Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy network
Russia launched nearly 120 missiles and drones against the Ukrainian energy network on Wednesday, a new “massive” attack which caused power cuts in several regions of Ukraine, during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Poland. These strikes come the day after Ukraine claimed “the most massive attack” on Russian soil since the start of the war, which targeted, according to kyiv, industrial and military sites in several regions of Russia. “In the middle of winter, the Russians’ target remains unchanged: our energy sector. Among the targets are gas infrastructure and energy installations that ensure normal life for the population,” denounced Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks.
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