Poland's largest retailer Biedronka will stop selling products manufactured by companies registered in Russia and Belarus from Tuesday, joining a growing number of Polish companies in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned about the growing humanitarian crisis due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday (March 1), saying refugee numbers could run into millions as people flee their homes. “"Putin is prepared to use barbaric and indiscriminate tactics against innocent civilians, to bomb tower blocks, to send missiles into tower blocks, to kill children, as we're seeing in increasing numbers," he stressed. Johnson met in Warsaw with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki, who said at a press conference that the main goal of Poland's humanitarian efforts was preventing further bloodshed.

During his visit to Poland on Tuesday, NATO's Chief Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia to end the war in Ukraine and withdraw all its forces, adding the alliance would not send troops or combat jets to support Kyiv as it does not want to become part of the conflict. Stoltenberg met with Poland's President Andrzej Duda in Łask Air Base. "Our whole community must keep united, and we must stand together with Ukraine," Duda said.

"The nationals of all countries who suffered from Russian aggression, or whose life is at risk, can seek shelter in my country," Poland's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Krzysztof Szczerski said on Monday in his speech before the General Assembly.

Poland will support Ukraine's accession process to the European Union, the Polish foreign minister said on Monday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he had signed an official request for Ukraine to join the bloc.

Activists from Przemyśl in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, who have been providing material support to refugees from Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, met a family there with 11 children. "They told us they wanted to thank us for helping and that they had a surprise for us. A boy, aged 12 or so at a glance, stood on the side, picked up his saxophone and started to play. They only had a few bags with them and the saxophone, which the boy carried on his back," a city councillor from Przemyśl said.

After Ukraine has been attacked by Russia, the Western countries have been supporting Kiev by sending weapons. One European leader, however, decided not to help Ukraine this way - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. "We find this attitude surprising, but it is Hungary's business and its national interest," said Deputy Speaker of the Sejm and chief of PiS parliamentary club Ryszard Terlecki.

Since Russia attacked Ukraine, Polish and international organisations have been collecting funds to support Ukraine and its citizens. Below you will find a list of established and verified fundraisers which you can support.

Refugees from Ukraine have been stepping off trains at Przemyśl railway station. TVN24 reporter spoke to a number of people who arrived in a train from Odessa. A reception point for migrants from Ukraine has been opened at the station in Przemyśl.

"In this war everything is real: Putin’s madness and cruelty, Ukrainian victims, bombs falling on Kyiv," Poland's former PM and current opposition leader Dondal Tusk said in a tweet on Friday. He also added: "Those EU government’s, which blocked tough decisions (i.a. Germany, Hungary, Italy) have disgraced themselves", and called their sanctions "pretended".

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski on Friday met with Polish and American soldiers stationed in Podkarpacie region bordering Ukraine. "The United States and Poland stand shoulder to shoulder in this difficult time," he assured in a tweet. In an attached video, Brzezinski also said that "Poland is safe". "We are here to help," he told TVN24 reporter later on.

Poland will ban Russian airlines from its airspace from midnight on Friday, the government said a day after Russia attacked Ukraine.

Warsaw City Hall sets up information points for Ukrainian refugees that will operate at railway stations and at the Palace of Culture in Science in the centre of the city. Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski also informed that a special hotline has been also launched.

Poland is preparing a medical train to transport Ukrainians wounded in Russia's assault on its neighbour, the country's health ministry said, adding that Polish hospitals were ready to receive thousands of patients.

"The Sejm strongly condemns Russian aggression and calls for withdrawal of this country's forces from Ukraine", Poland's lower house of pariament stressed in a declaration adopted by acclamation on Thursday. "The Russian Federation is excluding itself from the international community, we are returning to the darkest times of the 20th century," the deputies underscored.

Crowds have been gathering since the morning in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw to protest against Russia's invasion into Ukraine. Among the protesters there are Poles, Ukrainians, and even Russians who do not identify with Vladimir Putin's policy. Some of them are holding banners saying "not in my name". Traffic at Belwederska Street has been blocked.

Polish president Andrzej Duda condemned Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine on Thursday (February 24), asking for Moscow to cease its operations in Ukraine. "I’m asking Russian citizens not to support their authorities in what they do," he underscored.

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski told TVN24 on Thursday that his country stood "shoulder to shoulder" with Poland in ensuring its safety as a NATO member state, amid the Russian attack on Ukraine. "This attack is premeditated, it's unprovoked, and it's unjustified," Brzezinski stressed, adding that "what has happened is absolutely wrong and Russia, and Putin, need to be isolated". Watch the full interview with Ambassador Mark Brzezinski.

Central European countries braced on Thursday to receive people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Poland setting up reception points on its border and Hungary planning to send troops to create a corridor for refugees.

Poland's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Civic Platform party Donald Tusk met with the coutry's former presidents Bronisław Komorowski and Aleksander Kwaśniewski on Thursday in Warsaw to discuss the question of national security in the light of Russian threat against Ukraine.

"I think that in March we will have make a decision to simply lift those restrictions which aren't being followed at the moment," Health Minister Adam Niedzielski told TVN24 in "Rozmowa Piaseckiego" morning show. He added that the duty to wear face masks in closed spaces would remain in place until further notice.

A crane collapsed at a construction site in Kraków's Podgórze district on Thursday, killing two workers and injuring two other. Strong winds wreaked havoc in many parts of Poland on Thursday. In western province of Lubusz, a tree fell on a moving car, killing the driver.

A herd of cows of French Limousin breed happen to be roaming through forests in Mircze Forest District (Lublin Voivodeship). The cattle has escaped from a local farm, whose manager has been already issued a fine. So far, the cows on the run have seemed very reluctant to let go of their freedom.

Father of a 5-year-old boy came to a police station in Włodawa (Lublin Voivodeship) and returned a phone and some money found by his son in the street. Now, thanks to the young boy's grown-up resolve, the lost items can be recovered by their rightful owner.

Poland is planning for a possible influx of refugees from Ukraine in case of a Russian invasion, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday, despite Moscow's assurances it was scaling back a troop buildup near Ukraine.

The CJEU ruling is evidence of a very serious political, historic mistake made by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki - Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said at a press conference on Wednesday (Feb.16). In his view, the ruling made by EU's top court, which rejected Polish and Hungarian challenge to rule of law conditionality mechanism, allows for unlawful limitation of freedom of EU member states. Morawiecki later replied to Ziobro by saying he understood the minister's "agitation", adding that he hoped the ruling would not affect the unity of the ruling coalition.

The European Union's top court on Wednesday cleared the way for the bloc to potentially cut billions of euros in handouts to Poland and Hungary where populist rulers stand accused of violating democratic rights and freedoms.

Poland has alerted the security services and public administration against threats in cyberspace, the Government Centre for Security said on Tuesday, just hours after Ukraine reported its defence ministry and two banks had been hacked.

Poland's gross domestic product in the 4th quarter of 2021 increased by 7.3% year on year, whereas compared to 3rd quarter of last year the GDP grew by 5.3% - according to a flash estimate released on Tuesday by Statistics Poland.

Prices of consumer goods and services in January 2022 increased by 9.2% year on year, and by 1.9% compared to the previous month (December 2021), Poland's government agency Statistics Poland informed on Tuesday.