Foreign Minister Sikorski announces closure of consulate in Gdansk, adding that further response is forthcoming; Russia denies any responsibility for incidents - Anadolu Ajansı

Asked about the consulate closure, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Relations with Poland have completely deteriorated. This is probably a manifestation of this deterioration - the Polish authorities' desire to reduce any possibility of consular or diplomatic relations to zero.

In what Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an “unprecedented act of sabotage," a segment of a rail line linking Poland's capital, Warsaw, to the border with Ukraine was blown up over the weekend. Another segment further south was also damaged in what officials say was likely sabotage as well.

For all its modernization, Poland hasn’t lost its soul. The European Union sometimes calls Poland “defiant.” But to Poles, independence is sacred, as they know what it costs to lose it. The country protects its sovereignty with the instinct of one that understands the stakes.

Poland and Romania scramble jets after Putin’s forces pound western Ukraine - Explosions heard as Russia targets western Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Ternopil