Despite the risks, the crew of the ORP Ślązak saved 85 Canadian soldiers that had been trapped on the beach during the catastrophic Dieppe Raid in 1942.
Poland ranks second in terms of military aid provided to Ukraine fighting Russian aggression, recent data from a German think tank has shown.
Oleksii Koliadych of Poland won the world championship in C1 200m canoe sprint on Saturday, while Karolina Naja, Anna Puławska, Adrianna Kakol and Dominika Putto scooped the gold in K4 500m race.
In terms of the biggest donors of military aid to Ukraine, Poland has committed the third highest amount, behind the US and the UK, according to an analysis published by the BBC on Friday.
Poland is the number-two Western country in terms of granting aid to Ukraine, according to a German economic institute cited by a Spanish daily on Wednesday.
A 100-soldier unit of the Canadian armed forces will relocate to Poland to aid Ukrainian war refugees, the Canadian defence minister said on Thursday.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Saturday attended a Stand Up For Ukraine conference in Warsaw called by European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday, after his Warsaw talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that he hopes Canada will contribute funds for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction.
The outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war will determine the future of the coming decades, Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, told Justin Trudeau, his Canadian counterpart, in Warsaw on Thursday.
President Andrzej Duda said after Friday talks with US President Joe Biden that his American counterpart was grateful for Poland's conduct in face of the Russia-Ukraine war and confirmed that Nato's Article 5 and the US, along with its allies, guaranteed Poland's security.
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