The Polish fighters were apparently eliminated in the defend the separatist Donetsk area (Pictures: EPA/Getty)
Almost 100 Polish fighters have actually been eliminated in the defend Ukraine’s separatist states, Russia claims.
While the war in Ukraine continues to rave on in the nation’s eastern area, stress in between the Kremlin and Europe are becoming worse.
Most just recently, Moscow’s defence ministry stated its soldiers had actually ruined ‘up to 80 Polish fighters, 20 armoured combat vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers in precision strikes on the Megatex zinc factory in Konstantinovka’.
This remains in the Donetsk area in eastern Ukraine, which Vladimir Putin is attempting to take complete control over.
In the Russian city of Smolensk, Kremlin authorities have actually eliminated the Polish flag from the Katyn memorial– put up in memory of 25,000 Poles massacred by the Soviet Union’s authorities in1940
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Most of the victims were army officers believed be to be anti-communist, who were eliminated on the orders of Joseph Stalin in a forest near the city.
Russia is presently continuing its bear down the east of Ukraine (Picture: Getty)
The Polish flag was eliminated from the the Katyn memorial were 25,000 Poles were eliminated (Picture: PA)
The Soviet Union attempted to reject duty and blame the Nazis for the mass killing however they ultimately confessed the atrocity in 1990.
Speaking about the flag’s elimination, Smolensk’s mayor Andrei Borisov stated: ‘There can not be Polish flags on Russian monoliths. Even less so after the honestly anti-Russian remarks by Polish politicians.
‘The culture ministry of the Russian Federation made the right decision by removing the Polish flag. Katyn is a Russian memorial.’
Poland has actually supported Ukraine because Putin sent his soldiers throughout the border inFebruary
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It has actually provided weapons and has actually taken in the biggest variety of Ukrainian refugees of any European nation– some 1.1 million.
As aNato member, a military strike on(******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** )would suggest all other members, consisting ofBritain, would jump to its defence.
TheKremlin has actually likewise just recently threatenedLithuania for obstructing EU-sanctioned products from reaching theRussian exclave ofKaliningrad
Kaliningrad has land borders withLithuania andPoland and is separated from the rest ofRussia
Goods generally reach the area by rail throughBelarus andLithuania– there are no transportation paths throughPoland
Russia is still able to supplyKaliningrad by sea, without falling nasty of EU sanctions however has actually requiredLithuania raise its restriction, alerting that if transportation links are not brought back completely‘Russia reserves the right to take action in defence of its national interests’
Lithuania is likewise aNato member state, so any attack on it would be viewed as an attack on the alliance.(******************* ).
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