Poland, the largest importer of Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), is set to cut its purchases this year by around 80% due to Western sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, the Polish LPG association (POGP) said.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of air terror” against airlines

Standing at the base of a five-meter-high (16-foot) metal fence topped by barbed-wire running along the border with Belarus, armed Polish soldiers are on the lookout for migrants.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that an allegation by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Russia had planned "acts of terrorism" in the air against Poland and other countries was completely unsubstantiated.

The Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has denied a statement made by Slovak deputy Andrej Danko, who claimed that Poland had closed its airspace during a flight of the Slovak delegation to Moscow. Source: Paweł Wroński,

Polish authorities had said on Wednesday that fighter jets were scrambled after "intense long-range aviation activity" was detected from Russia.

I can only confirm that Russia planned acts of air terror, not just against Poland but against airlines across the globe,” said Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk.

Warsaw identifies Moscow-backed disinformation group trying to disrupt presidential election, Krzysztof Gawkowski says

Most recently, Russia was accused of shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. The incident echoed the downing of the MH17 plane in 2014 over eastern Ukraine in territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists, which killed 298 people.

NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets after overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Warsaw's military said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces told Newsweek that "intense long-range aviation activity" from Russia had been detected early on Wednesday.

Warsaw officially closed the Consulate General of Poland in Russia's St Petersburg on Wednesday, 8 January, with the ceremony attended by Polish and foreign diplomats, along with members of the Polish diaspora.

Slovak citizens have begun protesting against the government's growing alignment with Moscow. The protests, dubbed 'Slovakia is Europe', are now in their third week, with at least 35,000 people taking part in the latest round on Friday in cities across Slovakia.