Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:
• Poland is to proceed with the deployment of German Patriot air defence systems in the country after Berlin’s refusal to instead deploy them in Ukraine
• UN Ambassador Szczerski accuses Russia of deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as a ‘weapon of war’
• Poland is to purchase an additional 116 main battle tanks from the U.S. as part of its military modernisation while the army also receives its first consignment of tanks from South Korea, and
• the Polish soccer team makes a tame World Cup exit at the hands of France.
