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Maria Polachowska retweeted
Putin is playing mind-games when he tells Witkoff/Kushner that Europe must choose peace or war. Europe was at peace till Putin chose war. A new security architecture cannot be built on the basis that Russia gets to dictate future security arrangements in Ukraine.
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Please take a moment to look at Zelenskyy’s face here.
Zelensky welcomes US bringing Europe into Russia-Ukraine peace talks bbc.in/4C0RbvZ
Maria Polachowska retweeted
In 1992, a Polish symphony for soprano and orchestra by a composer almost unknown outside Poland hit the UK and US charts, and Classic FM played it non-stop at listeners’ request.
That composer, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, died 16 years ago today 📻
culture.pl/en/work/symphony-…
Maria Polachowska retweeted
I’m so honoured and thrilled to have won Political Journalist of the Year at the Society of Editors awards last night! 🎉
Particularly among a shortlist of such amazing journalists, including the mighty @PippaCrerar, who was highly commended - and also won Investigation of the Year
I was sorry to miss the ceremony (I’m on an aircraft carrier in Oslo! A defence special of our Political Fix podcast will drop later today).
Thanks to top colleague @katie_martin_fx for standing in to pick up the award, to @FT, and to @EditorsUK
Maria Polachowska retweeted
The importance of @DanJohnsonNews and @BBCWorld team bringing the truth about Russia's war on Ukraine's energy system to audiences.
Today the BBC is showing what russia’s war on Ukraine’s energy system really looks like.
At one of DTEK’s thermal power plants, they witnessed destruction on a scale we have rarely seen during five years of war.
And they saw the consequences: ordinary Ukrainian families facing long hours in apartments without heat and electricity as winter approaches.
Our energy workers are fighting to restore what russia destroys. But resilience is not a substitute for protection.
That is why our message to Ukraine’s partners is so simple: give us the air defence to protect our energy system, and you protect the everyday lives of millions of people.
My thanks to @DanJohnsonNews and the @BBCWorld News team for telling this story.
Maria Polachowska retweeted
The speed restrictions on Ukrainian satellite connections are back 👇🏻
Received briefings from Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi. Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions. For us, this primarily means a significant complication in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, there have already been strikes that got through because our interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time. Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side.
Maria Polachowska retweeted
So thrilled to win Investigation of the Year with my brilliant colleagues @PaulLewis & @Direthoughts for our work exposing the Mandelson vetting scandal. Thank you @EditorsUK 🙏
Also delighted to be highly commended in the political journalism category - especially among such esteemed nominees - and big congratulations to @LOS_Fisher for her political journo of the year award - well deserved 👏
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Worms in the soup. Sewage flooding prison corridors. Women forced to use dirty rags instead of sanitary products. Starvation, beatings, sexual humiliation, and the screams of Ukrainian soldiers being tortured behind prison walls.
This is what Ukrainian combat medic Halyna Fedyshyn endured during nearly 20 months of Russian captivity.
She survived the siege of Mariupol and the hell of Azovstal, only to face another nightmare in Russian prisons.
Her testimony is horrifying. What she witnessed, what she suffered, and what she heard happening to her fellow prisoners must never be forgotten.
I have published her story, including the terrible details of her captivity and the extraordinary strength it took to survive.
Please read it. Share it. And remember the Ukrainians who are still suffering in Russian prisons.
mykhailorohoza.substack.com/…
Maria Polachowska retweeted
🇵🇱 Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Londynie oraz Biblioteka Polska POSK w Londynie serdecznie zapraszają na Narodowe Czytanie 2026!
Tegoroczna edycja poświęcona będzie jednemu z najważniejszych dzieł polskiego romantyzmu – „Dziadom” Adama Mickiewicza.
Fragmenty utworu czytać będą Rafał Wiśniewski, Chargé d’affaires a.i. Ambasady RP w Wielkiej Brytanii, oraz przedstawiciele instytucji emigracyjnych i szkół polskich w Londynie.
Zapraszamy do wspólnego spotkania z polską literaturą i tradycją! ❤️
📅 22 listopada 2026 r.
🕓 Godz. 16:00
📍Sala Malinowa
Do zobaczenia!
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Congratulations to Senator-elect Scott Colom and the coalition that elected him
Maria Polachowska retweeted
I met with Prime Minister of Poland @donaldtusk. I congratulated Donald and all Poles on Independence Day, which was yesterday. And we will always be grateful to the Polish people for supporting our independence and helping protect lives in Ukraine.
Diplomacy, the front line, and the situation with Russian strikes were the main topics we discussed today. We also talked about how Poland can help us prepare for this winter and expand transport links between our countries, particularly for fuel supplies. This can truly help strengthen Ukraine’s energy resilience.
We also discussed European issues and steps that can accelerate Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. We see EU membership as one of the security guarantees for Ukraine and all of Europe. I also thanked Donald for launching the military training of the countries in the Coalition of the Willing, with the first stage of training taking place in Poland. This is a signal we need, and we count on it to help build reliable security for the future. Thank you!
Maria Polachowska retweeted
🚨The UK has gone from training the Ukrainians “to being trained by the Ukrainians” since the start of Russia’s full-scale war amid the rapid evolution in technology on the battlefield, Defence Secretary @wesstreeting says at the Atlantic Future Forum in Oslo
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Wow. The moment Jake Tapper called the Mississippi Senate race is something to see.
Mississippi was ground zero for civil rights. The most dangerous state for Black people. They kept saying go slow, go slow.
Tonight, Mississippi sends a Black man to the Senate.
Scott Colom
Maria Polachowska retweeted
UK economy grew by 0.7% in the third quarter, according to @ONS, confirming that consumers and businesses remain resilient despite high oil and gas prices.
OBR said at budget it expected economy to expand by 1.2% this year, which already looks out of date as growth continues to exceed expectations.
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Z tych stacji już niedługo będą mogli skorzystać mieszkańcy 🚇
Budowa metra na Bemowie zakończona. Właśnie rozpoczęły się odbiory techniczne, które powinny zakończyć się w terminie maksymalnie 60 dni od ich rozpoczęcia. Dzięki temu pierwsi pasażerowie będą mogli skorzystać z nowej trasy już na początku przyszłego roku
A my cały czas rozwijamy sieć metra - bo to najszybszy i najwygodniejszy środek transportu publicznego. Trwają prace projektowe dla linii M3 i M4. Prowadzimy również odwierty geologiczne na trasie czwartej linii. Zdecydowaliśmy też o przedłużeniu M2 o trzy kolejne stacje w stronę Ursusa. Trwa procedura wyboru wykonawcy prac przedprojektowych - na co mamy zabezpieczone środki od Rady Miasta.
Takie rzeczy robimy w Warszawie! Również dzięki wsparciu @fundusze_eu 🇪🇺
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Congratulations to my fantastic colleague @emilydugan for winning Journalist of the Year for her amazing reporting on Andrew Malkinson
A stimulating conversation with Elzbieta Moczarska the daughter of Kazimerz Moczarski. Her father, a Polish resistance fighter in Warsaw was arrested in 1949 and placed in a cell with SS-Gruppenführer Jürgen Stroop – The Nazi general responsible for the brutal liquidation and destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto. The book of their fascinating conversation over several years is launched this week. "Conversations with an Executioner". @ognisko_polskie tonight. @Roger_Moorhouse.
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Maria Polachowska retweeted
To mark the publication this week of the brilliant “Conversations with an Executioner” by Kazimierz #Moczarski, here’s our discussion of the book on The History Book Buffs: “Locked up with a Nazi” 👇
youtu.be/fdTuckJDHLY?is=QeDd… via @YouTube
Maria Polachowska retweeted
A really important thread. By someone from @bbcrussian who understands #Russia #Ukraine. Why we need the BBC and its brilliant language services, staffed by expert journalists.
Maria Polachowska retweeted
Our @Channel4News piece from Chernihiv, a Ukrainian city under constant Russian bombardment where teenage girls can’t walk safely down the street
channel4.com/news/inside-che…
