Poland

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi:

Tomorrow, it will be enough for someone in Australia to press two buttons, and robots could destroy, for example, Poland’s entire energy infrastructure. That’s it.

This is the new nuclear weapon that has now emerged. It is even more frightening. Machines that can wage war.

PM Tusk: Poland is summoning the Russian ambassador after a missile fell on Polish soil.

Polish PM Tusk on the Russian missile that landed in Poland:

"There is no reason to believe that Poland was the target. However, two of these objects violated Polish airspace.

One certainly did, because we have the evidence here, and the other briefly approached the Polish border, but the signal was very short and it did not lead to any consequences."

Residents in the Targowisko village reported hearing a loud explosion and discovered a large crater in a field after suspected Russian cruise missile entered Polish airspace overnight. Polish authorities have secured the area.

Contributed by @AZ_Intel_.

AUDIO: Sirens sound in Lublin, Poland due to Russian missile threat.

Britain, the Netherlands, Finland, and Poland are moving toward a new Multilateral Defense Mechanism, with formal charter talks set to begin soon and a target to finalize the framework by 2027, Reuters reports.

Polish Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz: The U.S. troop rotation withdrawn from Poland will return within weeks, confirmed by Washington.

The US has warned Poland that Russia may stage a limited provocation within months to test NATO's willingness to respond, The Telegraph reports.

The aim would be to pressure the West into cutting support for Ukraine without triggering full-scale war.

The death toll from the 2026 European heatwaves has risen to at least 1,405, with the vast majority of deaths reported in France (1,040+) and Spain (327), while 25 fatalities were reported in the United Kingdom, seven in the Netherlands, and three each in Poland and Romania.

Credit: @WXFatalities

Multiple trains collided near Piła, Poland, overturning carriages. An InterCity service was involved in the crash at Białośliwie.

Poland's Defense Minister says the U.S. is open to hosting a permanent American military presence in the country.

Putin on the drone in Romania: "I just heard about this. No one can tell about the origin of a drone."

He pointed to past Ukrainian drone incursions into Poland and the Baltic states.

Three F-35A jets landed at Łask Air Base. Poland is now the first NATO eastern flank country with fifth-generation stealth fighters. 32 total on order, $4.6 billion deal, full delivery by 2030.

U.S. President Donald Trump:

"Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP."

Poland's FM demands Israel's Interior Minister Ben Gvir be banned from entering the country.

Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz:

By 2030, Poland will have the strongest and largest army in Europe, the best organized and best equipped.

U.S. weapons deliveries to the UK, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia will be delayed. Washington says the war with Iran is straining American stockpiles. - FT

Polish lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz brandished a modified Israeli flag inside parliament, replacing the Star of David with a swastika and declaring, “Israel is the new Third Reich.”

Péter Magyar:

We will renew and put on a strong foundation, and if possible, expand, the cooperation of the Visegrád Four.

In this spirit, my first trip will be to Poland, to strengthen the thousand-year-old Polish-Hungarian friendship.

My second trip will lead to Vienna, and the third to Brussels, so that we can bring home the EU funds that the Hungarian people are entitled to.

A Financial Times report says the war with Iran has exposed sharp divisions inside NATO, after several European states reportedly resisted US requests to use bases on their territory.

Eastern members, including Poland and the Baltic states, are said to have reacted angrily to the stance of France, Spain, Italy, and initially the United Kingdom.

Poland won’t send its Patriot air defenses to the Middle East, Defense Minister says, emphasizing they are needed to protect Polish airspace and NATO’s eastern flank.