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Polish gov't confirms two killed by Russian-made missile

Confirmation that a Russian missile caused the blast would make it a serious security incident as for the first time in the Russia-Ukraine conflict a Nato member state would be hit by Russian ammunition. Twitter

The Polish government has confirmed that it was a Russian-made missile which killed two people in eastern Poland on Tuesday.

Krakow's bunkers not fit for worst scenario local activist says

Bomb shelters in the Polish city of Krakow are blighted by mould and damp and lack the capacity to hold the city’s inhabitants, the head of a local historical association has said.

Poland to renovate bomb shelters says minister

Poland will invest money in upgrades to bomb shelters, a deputy interior minister has said.

Thousands of tonnes of WWII munitions corroding in the Baltic

The Baltic Sea bed is littered with mines, bombs and chemical weapons left over from the Second World War that could cause an environmental disaster as they corrode over time, a leading Polish newspaper has reported.

Bomb squad called after curious son hands horrified dad WWII missile found in grass

A family had the fright of their lives when their son turned up with an unexploded WWII bomb.

Polish destroyer to be honoured on UK isle after saving its coastal town from Hitler’s bombs

VIDEO: On the night of May 4-5, 1942, the crew of ORP Błyskawica repelled a Luftwaffe attack on Cowes, a town on Britain’s Isle of Wight that lies off the south coast of England. To mark the 80th anniversary, the Polish warship ORP Wodnik will arrive in the port of Cowes on Thursday morning.

Angelic girl who melted hearts singing ‘Let it Go’ in Kyiv bomb shelter escapes to safety of her grandmother in Poland

VIDEO: After little Amelia Anisovych melted hearts with her haunting rendition of hit Disney song ‘Let it Go’, many feared she would become another victim of Putin’s savage bombing of the Ukrainian capital. But now it has been revealed that the seven-year-old is safely with her grandmother in Poland. 

Flight to Krakow force-lands in Berlin after bomb alert

A false bomb alert forced a Sunday Ryanair flight from Dublin to Krakow in south Poland into an emergency landing in Berlin, the French AFP news agency reported on Monday morning.

Gov't agencies evacuate after bomb alarm

The offices of Poland's Supreme Auditing Board (NIK), Supreme Court and National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) had to be evacuated on Tuesday morning after bomb alarms in all three buildings.

Polish military divers neutralise one of WWII's largest bombs

The detonation on Tuesday concluded the operation to remove the dangerous 5.4-tonne Tallboy bomb at the bottom of a channel in Swinoujscie, a Baltic port city in the far northwest of Poland. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

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Over 25 ‘priceless’ engravings return to Gdańsk after they were feared lost forever

Dating from between the 16th and 19th century, the director of the National Museum in Gdańsk described the collection as being ‘entwined with the museum’s DNA’. He said: “It is with this collection that the whole institution began.”

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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