May 12 (UPI) --Poland said Monday it would close the Russian consulate in Krakow over a fire that razed the largest shopping mall in the capital, Warsaw, in May 2024, saying the evidence showed ...

The Lithuanian investigation found that a May 9, 2024 arson attack on an IKEA store in Vilnius, as well as the May 12, 2024 Marywilska fire, were set by Ukrainian citizens acting on behalf of Russia, Tusk wrote in March. A week earlier, Polish prosecutors had said a Belarusian refugee was responsible.

They are considered one of the world’s most dangerous, and indiscriminate, weapons. Yet five European countries have turned their backs on an international treaty on the use of landmines, citing the growing threat from Moscow.

In the early months of 2022, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, millions of Ukrainians — mostly women and children — fled to Poland, where they were met with an extraordinary outpouring of sympathy.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has rebuffed European demands for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire and proposed direct talks with Ukraine on 15 May instead.Mr Putin said Russia was seeking “serious negotiations” aimed at “moving towards a lasting,