The Latest Breaking News from Poland

UK-based nanny tells of desperate fight to get brother out of Ukraine

Nataliia Kolodii said her homeland is ‘a peaceful nation’, adding: ‘We never thought this war would start.’

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2022

'I had never left Ukraine before', refugees seek family, friends abroad

Kateryna's parents woke her at 5 a.m., told her to pack her documents and phone and flee from their home in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine to relatives in Poland.

Reuters · Mar 6, 2022

Ukrainians fleeing fighting arrive in Poland in record numbers

Record numbers of refugees headed into Poland from Ukraine with the total number expected to surpass 1 million later on Sunday, as Russian forces continued shelling Ukraine's cities.

Reuters · Mar 6, 2022

Refugee aid campaigns mushroom in Poland, but tests lie ahead

About 800,000 refugees have crossed into Poland since the war in neighbouring Ukraine began.

Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2022

As it happened: Over a million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into Poland, say authorities

Pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine's National Guard accused each other of failing to establish a humanitarian corridor out of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Sunday, in a second attempt by both parties to evacuate civilians. Russian President Vladimir Putin faces ongoing global condemnation of his army's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine,…

France 24 · Mar 5, 2022

Cease-fire in 2 southern Ukrainian cities falls apart, stalling evacuations

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 10th day on Saturday with a cease-fire quickly falling apart in two besieged southern cities and Russian President Vladimir Putin warning that any no-fly zone imposed over Ukrainian skies “would bring catastrophic results not only to Europe, but to the whole…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 5, 2022

Cease-fire in 2 southern Ukrainian cities falls apart, stalling evacuations

KYIV, Ukraine — The first cease-fire since Russia invaded Ukraine nine days earlier fell apart within an hour Saturday when Russian forces resumed shelling two besieged southern cities.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 5, 2022

Putin issues new threats on Ukraine; cease-fire quickly breaks down

KYIV, Ukraine — As hospitals filled with bloodied civilians and Ukrainian protesters in multiple Russian-occupied cities defiantly waved blue and yellow national flags, Russian President Vladimir Putin destroyed any hope Saturday of immediate deescalation of his invasion of Ukraine, threatening in a televised speech to strip Ukraine of its statehood…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 5, 2022

Inside secret army of volunteers smuggling Ukrainian families over border to Poland

A salesman named Sergei has helped 50 people leave Ukraine by using encrypted apps to communicate and organise routes and methods for people to get out

Daily Mirror · Mar 5, 2022

Ukrainian woman weds Chicago fiancé ahead of return home to fight

When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, Maria decided she had to get there and help defend it — even if it meant leaving her fiancé behind in Chicago days after getting married.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 5, 2022