Vladimir Putin should be tried as a war criminal along with others responsible for atrocities in Ukraine, Poland's government spokesman said on Friday, after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president.

"I’m convinced that every piece of military equipment, that is needed for successful defence and potential counteroffensive, will make a change," the newly appointed President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel said in an interview for TVN24's Piotr Marciniak. The president also commented on Poland's and Slovakia's decision to hand over their MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. "I also believe we should do anything what we have at our disposal to assist Ukraine in achieving their goals," he said.

A majority of Poles plans to cut their spending related to the upcoming Easter, according to the latest poll conducted by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. This is what 58% of respondents declared, whereas 39% of those asked said they were not planning to spend less. Poland's inflation in February 2023 was 18.4% year on year.

Polish president Andrzej Duda visited an arms factory in Radom on Friday (March 17), a day after Poland confirmed a new batch of Polish-made rifles had been ordered by the Ukrainian army.

Slovakia on Friday became the second of Ukraine's allies to provide MIG-29 fighter jets which Kyiv believes are crucial to repel Russia's year-long invasion. The White House said on Thursday the U.S. was informed of Poland's decision to provide Ukraine with the jets, while the Kremlin spokesman said that "all this equipment will be subject to destruction".

Poland ruling United Right coalition can count on 31% support in the this year's parliamentary election, which is 3 percentage points more than last month, according to the latest Kantar poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. Support for Civic Coalition has declined down to 26%. The poll showed, that three other parties would also win seats in the Sejm: Confederation, Poland 2050, and The Left.

Poland will send Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in coming days, the president said on Thursday, making it the first of Kyiv's allies to provide such aircraft.

After a nearly year-long trial and 25 sessions, a Gdańsk court has found Stefan Wilmont guilty of murdering Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz back in 2019, and sentenced him to life in prison. Justifying the verdict, the judge said that the defendant had "committed a crime without precendence in Poland's history". Due to an important public interest, the court allowed the publication of the defendant's full name and image. The ruling can still be appealed.

"Poland's Internal Security Agency have detained nine people suspected of working for Russian special services. The court has placed six of them under temporary arrest," the Minister of the Interior and Administration Mariusz Kamiński said on Thursday (March 16). He explained that the detained persons had been carrying out espionage activity against Poland and planning acts of sabotage on the orders of the Russian intelligence.

Thanks to the money collected to purchase the Bayraktar drone, which the producer ultimately donated free of charge, Ukraine will get 100 vehicles, including ambulances, "survival kits" for civilians, two mobile repair stations, and also the construction of a mobile training center will get additional funding, the organizer of the fundraiser Sławomir Sierakowski announced on Facebook.

Inflation in February 2023 increased by 18.4% year on year, according to a report released on Wednesday (March 15) by Poland's Central Statistical Office (Statistics Poland). The previous time when the consumer prices passed the 18% threshold took place in December 1996. Compared to January 2023, the prices went up by 1.2%. The highest spike was recorded in the prices of sugar, liquid and solid fuels, diesel oil, and heat energy.

World number one Iga Świątek has called for more support to be offered to Ukrainian players on the women's tour after Lesia Tsurenko said she withdrew from her match against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka at Indian Wells due to a panic attack.

"The Atlantic" journalist and Pulitzer Prize laureate Anne Applebaum told a TVN24 reporter in Kyiv that "the Ukrainians are preparing for a huge offensive". She added that the conflict could be entering a crucial stage in which Ukraine might regain large parts of its territory.

A Warsaw court handed a community service sentence to Polish activist Justyna Wydrzyńska on Tuesday, saying she was guilty of providing pregnancy termination pills, in a landmark case over abortion rights in the predominantly Catholic country. "I feel that I'm not standing alone before the court. My friends stand behind me and so do hundreds of women I have not had the luck to meet yet," Wydrzyńska said in the court on Tuesday (March 14).

A resident of Grudziądz, a city in central Poland, found a large sum of money on the sidewalk and, without a moment of hesitation, she took it to a police station. She also refused to accept a reward from the rightful owner of the cash. For her exemplary conduct, the woman received flowers and a congratulatory letter from the police.

Poland could give Ukraine MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming four to six weeks, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday, suggesting that Kyiv's allies were moving closer to an agreement on the next step in their military support for the country.

Storks begin to slowly return to Poland after winter. One of them landed in its nest located in Pasieka, near Żychlin. According to Artur Paul of Stowarzyszenie "Pomagam Bocianom" ("I Help Storks" Association), the bird arrived in the nest six days earlier than last year. Fans of storks can watch it live thanks to a special camera.

The group of disabled people and their carers who are staging a sit-in protest in the Sejm sent a delegation which met with Deputy Minister of Family and Social Affairs Paweł Wdówik. Civic Coalition MP Iwona Hartwich said after the talks that the ministry representative "was not prepared and proposed nothing". At the same time Wdówik himself said at a press briefing that the ministry would present solutions by the end of the week," aimed at supporting people with disabilities having most urgent needs". "Not evenly to all," he explained.

A Polish medical team is ready to go to Georgia to check the health of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, a government spokesman in Warsaw said on Monday, as fears over his condition grow.

We would like to warmly invite the First Lady, Mrs Agata Duda, to visit us, the protesting and disabled people, here in the Sejm," a Civic Coalition MP Iwona Hartwich said at a press conference in the Sejm on Friday. The protesting disabled people and their carers demand an increase in the social allowance. "We're not asking for a fortune, we're asking for an absolute minimum for a more or less normal life," said Andrzej Sucholewski, one of the protesters. Another one called upon Sejm Speaker Elżbieta Witek "to immediately launch procedures and provide access to the shower for our disabled children".

The annual inflation rate in 2023 will be at 11.9%, and it is to decelerate to 5.7% in 2024, according to a report released on Friday (March 10) by the National Bank of Poland. In 2025, inflation is "to return to the band of deviations from the NBP inflation target". The report also includes forecasts regarding Poland's GDP growth.

Cat lovers are heading to the Polish city of Szczecin to catch a glimpse of Gacek, a chubby black-and-white feline who has become an internet sensation.

Poland's parliament passed a resolution on Thursday defending the name of John Paul II after a new book said the late pope knowingly covered up clerical paedophilia scandals when he was archbishop of Kraków.

The Polish Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador on Thursday about the actions of a television station, it said in a statement without naming the station or specifying what it believes it did wrong. The MFA spokesperson Łukasz Jasina told TVN24 reporter that the reason of Ambassador Brzezinski's visit pertained to an "issue of a certain TV broadcaster, holding American capital, about which we have quite serious concerns when it comes to dividing of our society".

"Pyrotechnicians with dogs come in the morning and I've no idea what they look for or check every day," a carer of a disabled person told TVN24 on Thursday (March 9). Describing everyday life of people protesting in the Sejm, she added: "we don't have access to a shower, we clean ourselves with tissues". "I'd like each member of the ruling PiS party to tell me how to get treatment, rehabilitation, start a family, pay the rent, the bills and water for 1,200 zlotys," said another protester, Jakub Hartwich.

At an official ceremony at the White House, Polish war correspondent and Dzień Dobry TVN reporter Bianka Zalewska accepted an International Women of Courage award, which is granted by the United States Department of State. Zalewska has therefore become the first Polish woman to win this accolade. "Big day for Poland at the White House," Polish Embassy in the USA said on social media.

Poland's Monetary Policy Council has decided to keep the central bank's interest rates unchanged for the sixth month in a row, according to a statement released on Wednesday (March 8). The decision corresponds with economy experts' forecasts. The main reference rate has been kept at 6.75%.

Canada on Tuesday said it would deploy medical technicians and assistants from the Canadian Armed Forces to Poland to train members of the Ukrainian military in Ottawa's latest assistance to Kyiv to combat the Russian invasion.