Poland to spend 7% of GDP on military & aid for Ukraine
Poland is planning record spending on armaments, becoming a leader of NATO's eastern flank, while Ukraine receives billions in financial support. On the international stage, Donald Trump's declarations regarding the Polish elections and new attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure are attracting attention.
Poland will allocate between 6.9 and 7 percent of its GDP to defense, as announced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a meeting of NATO's eastern flank leaders. Such a high level of funding is intended to strengthen the country's security and make Poland a leader in military spending in the region. Tusk emphasized that Warsaw has been striving for such a strengthening of the alliance in this part of Europe for years.
In international politics, Donald Trump claimed credit for Karol Nawrocki's victory in the presidential election, though he simultaneously stated that he does not know him at all. At the same time, reports are emerging of a possible shift by Trump regarding the war in Ukraine, which is causing concern and alarm bells in the Kremlin.
Ukraine itself received 3.2 billion euros from an EU loan to support state budget stability. Simultaneously, Ukrainian long-range drones attacked a fuel base in the Krasnodar Krai and refineries in Ufa, aimed at weakening Russia's energy infrastructure.
The situation in Belarus remains tense – analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report Russian pressure on Minsk for greater involvement in the war. Despite this, Alexander Lukashenko met with representatives of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and declared that he does not intend to fight against Ukrainians.
For those planning trips abroad, local bans introduced by Poland's neighbors due to a heatwave may be significant. Extreme temperatures have also been recorded in other parts of Europe.
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