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Exclusive: Poland’s PM on Ukraine war and ‘short-sighted’ EU states
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President Vladimir Putin is a “battle legal” who’s committing “genocide” in Ukraine and the European Union should not resume “enterprise as typical” with Russia so long as he stays in energy, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki instructed Euronews in an unique interview.
“This Russia is totalitarian, it is nationalistic, it is imperial, and this Russia desires to re-establish the Russian empire and a post-Soviet Union sort of state,” Morawiecki mentioned.
“We can not see a state of affairs the place there is a retreat to enterprise as typical. Ladies and kids are dying. Russia [commits] genocide in Ukraine and battle crimes. Not with this regime,” he added.
“Putin is a battle legal and what he is liable for in Ukraine is just past one’s creativeness. I feel we should always create a global tribunal to hint the crimes and make justice once more when the battle is over.”
Morawiecki spoke with Euronews’ Efi Koutsokosta on the finish of a global donors’ convention that he co-hosted with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in Warsaw.
The convention raised €6 billion to assist ongoing humanitarian efforts throughout Ukraine.
“We gathered greater than anticipated,” Morawiecki mentioned. “However this sum of money isn’t adequate, isn’t ample for the large wants in Ukraine, given the atrocious battle that is occurring and on.”
Through the interview, the Polish PM spoke at size about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which he described as “brutal,” and the geopolitical implications for all the continent.
Because the battle broke out on 24 February, Poland has been on the forefront of the worldwide condemnation towards the Kremlin, calling for weapons deliveries and the harshest potential set of EU sanctions.
“I consider the battle goes to be over sooner somewhat than later. Nevertheless it all depends upon the braveness and willpower of the Ukrainian nation. So all of us ought to be pleased about the large bravery and braveness and for what they’re doing to defend their sovereignty and freedom,” he mentioned.
“We all know they’re defending, on the barricades, not solely their freedom but additionally the safety and peace of the entire Europe.”
Morawiecki dismissed Russia’s nuclear threats as a “signal of their weak spot” and mentioned the Kremlin will assume “twice” earlier than increasing the army aggression in the direction of neighbouring international locations like Moldova.
“However no person is aware of as a result of that is within the hand of the leaders of Kremlin,” he conceded.
‘Greater international locations wished to procrastinate’
The prime minister spoke a day after the European Fee proposed a gradual EU-wide ban on Russian oil imports to deprive the Kremlin of one in every of its important sources of income.
The ban is seen because the EU’s most radical transfer thus far and has raised considerations amongst some extremely dependent international locations, together with Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, who now demand a extra protracted timeline to introduce the measure.
“Frankly talking, there are completely different international locations in numerous positions when it comes to dependency on oil and gasoline, and we perceive this,” Morawiecki mentioned when requested concerning the negotiations on the oil ban.
“There are discussions with the European Fee about what the interim durations could possibly be. Nonetheless, they don’t seem to be going to dam these sanctions, so far as I do know.”
The battle has uncovered the EU’s entrenched dependency on Russian power, constructed underneath the belief that nearer commerce tries with Moscow would have introduced the nation nearer to the West. The long-held perception crumbled in a single day when Russian troops entered Ukraine and commenced bombing cities.
Final week, Russian power firm Gazprom knowledgeable Poland and Bulgaria that it could halt gasoline provides to the 2 international locations.
“I’ve all the time advocated for the harshest set of sanctions. So I do know what I am speaking about,” the PM mentioned.
“We must always not search for any type of scapegoat or pinpoint at this or that nation as a result of we all know there have been a lot greater international locations that have been making an attempt to cease, to decelerate, to postpone, to procrastinate,” Morawiecki added, in an apparently veiled reference to Germany, a rustic usually accused of enabling Putin’s regime via a coverage of appeasement.
Till the very week when the battle broke out, Germany had vigorously defended the legitimacy of Nord Stream 2, an underwater conduit to convey extra Russian gasoline straight into the nation. The controversial challenge was launched in 2015, a 12 months after Russia annexed Crimea.
“There have been international locations which have been so dependent and wished to be extra depending on Russian gasoline, and everyone is aware of who they’re,” the Polish PM mentioned.
“They have been short-sighted as a result of they could not have imagined what was going to occur with this dependency. And Putin used this as a blackmail vis-à-vis the remainder of the European Union.”
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American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 5 others 'brutally murdered' by Hamas right before rescue: IDF
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Hamas terrorists killed six hostages Saturday, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, as Israel Defense Forces closed in for a rescue attempt in the tunnels deep below Gaza’s Rafah.
Goldberg-Polin’s family confirmed his death early Sunday. His body was one of six recovered on Saturday. The IDF revealed that Hamas killed the hostages, who had been held for nearly 11 months, just as they were on the brink of freedom.
“According to our initial assessment, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them,” IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement.
Goldberg-Polin, 23, was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against the Jewish State. He lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack. His body was recovered Saturday in the tunnels under Rafah, along with Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Master Sergeant Ori Danino.
DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS ISRAEL MUST ‘WIDEN THE GOALS’ OF WAR TO RETURN RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH
Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin has been confirmed dead. (Israel’s Minister of Defense)
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, “He who murders abductees – does not want a deal. We are in a difficult day. The heart of the entire nation was torn.”
“Along with all the citizens of Israel, I was shocked to the core by the terrible cold-blooded murder of six of our abductees.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he “embrace[s] their families with all my heart, and apologize[s] for failing to bring them home safely.”
A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, Goldberg-Polin immigrated to Israel with his family in 2008 at the age of seven, according to a statement from his family. He leaves behind his parents, Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, and his two sisters.
Goldberg-Polin’s family and friends traveled the world demanding his release and met with world leaders, including officials in the Biden administration.
President Biden said he is “devastated and outraged” by the news of Goldberg-Polin’s death.
“It is as tragic as it is reprehensible,” he said. “Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”
Vice President Harris, also the Democratic nominee for president, said her prayers are with Goldberg-Polin’s loved ones as they mourn his loss.
“Hamas is an evil terrorist organization,” Harris said. “With these murders, Hamas has even more American blood on its hands. I strongly condemn Hamas’ continued brutality, and so must the entire world. From its massacre of 1,200 people to sexual violence, taking of hostages, and these murders, Hamas’ depravity is evident and horrifying.”
ISRAEL KILLS PALESTINIAN COMMANDER MUHAMMAD JABER ‘ABU SHUJAA’ AS FIGHTING INTENSIFIES: IDF
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Goldberg-Polin, 23, was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. (IDF)
“The threat Hamas poses to the people of Israel — and American citizens in Israel — must be eliminated and Hamas cannot control Gaza,” she added. “The Palestinian people too have suffered under Hamas’ rule for nearly two decades.”
“A few hours ago, we informed the families that the bodies of their loved ones had been located by IDF troops in an underground tunnel in Rafah,” IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement. “According to our initial assessment, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them.”
Fox News’ Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
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Photos: Mass polio vaccination drive kicks off in Gaza amid Israeli strikes
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Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a vaccination drive against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory ravaged by nearly 11 months of Israeli bombardment.
Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday before moving to the more devastated northern and southern parts of the Strip, aiming to inoculate about 640,000 children. On Saturday, a few children were vaccinated before the formal start of the campaign.
“This is the first few hours of the first phase of a massive campaign, one of the most complex in the world,” said Juliette Touma, communications director of UNRWA, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency.
“Today is test time for parties to the conflict to respect these area pauses to allow the UNRWA teams and other medical workers to reach children with these very precious two drops. It’s a race against time,” Touma told the Reuters news agency.
Israel and Hamas, which have so far failed to conclude a deal to end the war, said they would cooperate to allow the campaign to succeed.
The World Health Organization said on Thursday that Israel has agreed to limited pauses in its military operations to facilitate the campaign. There were initial reports of Israeli strikes in central Gaza early on Sunday, but it was not immediately known if anyone was killed or wounded.
Hospitals in Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat confirmed that the campaign had begun on Sunday. Israel said on Saturday that the vaccination programme would continue through September 9 and last eight hours a day.
The vaccinations will be held at some 160 sites across the territory, including medical centres and schools. Children below 10 years of age will receive two drops of oral polio vaccine in two rounds, the second to be administered four weeks after the first.
Gaza recently reported its first polio case in 25 years – a 10-month-old boy, now paralysed in the leg. The WHO says the presence of a paralysis case indicates there could be hundreds more who have been infected but are not showing symptoms.
Most affected children do not experience symptoms and those who do usually recover in a week or so, the UN health agency said. There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented. When polio causes paralysis, it is usually permanent. The disease can be fatal if the paralysis affects breathing muscles.
The vaccination campaign faces a host of challenges, from ongoing war to devastated roads and hospitals shut down by the war. About 90 percent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people have been displaced within the besieged territory, with hundreds of thousands crammed into squalid tent camps.
Health officials have expressed alarm about disease outbreaks as rubbish piles up and the bombing of critical infrastructure has sent putrid water flowing through the streets. Widespread hunger has left people even more vulnerable to illness.
“We escaped death with our children and fled from place to place for the sake of our children, and now we have these diseases,” said Wafaa Obaid, who brought her three children to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah for vaccination.
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