Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Warsaw. File photoBRUSSELS, May 16Poland is seeking funding from the European Union for Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the republic, Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said. refugees from Ukraine. Some of them go to other countries or return to their homeland, but most remain in Poland for now. «Poland is trying to get its European partners, and above all Brussels, the European Commission, to allocate additional funds to support (Ukrainian refugees),» Przydach told reporters in Brussels. «We have more than two million Ukrainian refugees, among whom the vast majority are women with children who require support, but Poles who provide asylum to Ukrainian refugees often need support, often opening their houses and apartments for their Ukrainian neighbors,» he added. .Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, the Russian Armed Forces had completed the main tasks of the first stage of the special operation — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
