As many as 73 percent of Poles support sanctions on Russian oil, gas and coal in reaction to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, a survey shows.
Poland's power utility Tauron Group has donated to Ukraine supporting materials and equipment to repair energy infrastructure damaged as a result of the Russian invasion, the company has said.
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has accused Russia of threatening energy and food security and causing "gigantic" inflation with its war on Ukraine.
Poland's high inflation in recent quarters has been fuelled by rising manufacturing costs owing to growing prices of oil and gas as well as government decisions, the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) has said.
Poland's core inflation, excluding the prices of food and energy, measured 6.9 percent year on year in March 2022, up from 6.7 percent in February, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on Tuesday.
Most Poles in a recent survey have opted for an EU-wide embargo on Russian gas, oil and coal even at the cost of rising prices of the commodities.
Poland’s climate and environment minister has called on other states to boycott Russian energy sources, saying Poland cannot go it alone.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Thursday that he and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda discussed security challenges and cooperation in transport and energy, during a meeting held earlier in the day.
Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) is planning to allocate part of its PLN 3.2 billion (EUR 706 million) new issue of shares for the development of offshore wind farms, Wojciech Dabrowski, PGE CEO, has said.
The Sejm, the lower of house of parliament, on Thursday passed a law temporarily scrapping VAT on food, gas and energy under a government scheme designed to shield Poles from the effects of rising inflation.
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