Russian invasion on Ukraine.

Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, and Olaf Scholz, the Chancellor of Germany declared at a press conference that their countries will cooperate to improve Europe’s security. The German politician also said that Ukraine needed energy support during the winter.

Poland will impose restrictions on diplomats from Russia. This is a response to the hybrid war against the West, which is also taking place on Polish territory. Warsaw has evidence of Kremlin diversion.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the government launched the East Shield Project . It includes building fortifications of the eastern border that will cost PLN 10 billion. Poland follows in the footsteps of the Baltic States, Finland and South Korea.

Russians quote Ukraine’s former deputy Andriey Derkach who claims that the identities of the soldiers allegedly responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline have been discovered. Derkach himself is accused of collaborating with the Russian GRU. Back in 2016 he took a thwarted attempt at opening a radio station in Poland.

 „Once the current contract is over, the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine as it is now will end. There is no political will in Brussels or Kyiv. Russia believes that its fuel will be needed by the Europeans, but this will not happen,” says Yuri Onyshkiv, an analyst at Refinitiv, a British-American market data […]

The Ukrainians are effective at striking at the weak spots of Russia, which has so far evaded Western sanctions. If anyone is afraid of the consequences of their strikes on Russian refineries, they should tighten sanctions. Here’s how to do it – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

„The Russians use the so-called ghost fleet to transport oil. It should be subject to a special tax in the Danish Straits,” urges Garry Kasparov, a chess master and Russian oppositionist in exile, in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

„We have three years to prepare for a confrontation with Russia,” said the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Jacek Siewiera. He added that such a scenario is real, and Poland should prepare – reports TVN24.

Poland intends to discuss the future of the Visegrad Group in the face of the „ambiguous” position of Slovakia and Hungary on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Schwedt refinery (PCK) in Germany still has Russia’s Rosneft as a shareholder despite the Russian invasion on Ukraine. The Poles demand that Germans take action. „We look forward to a clear position and decisive legal and corporate solutions,” the Climate Ministry said.