Vice President Kamala Harris departed for Europe today to meet with officials as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifies and millions of refugees flee the war-torn country for places like Poland and Moldova.
NEW: Harris to meet with Ukrainian refugees in Poland https://t.co/nJitFdvykx pic.twitter.com/0pIFhDXS3Y
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Kamala Harris’ trip to Poland comes amid diplomatic turbulence over fighter jets. Poland planned to transfer its Russian-made fighter planes to a U.S. base in Germany with the expectation they’d be given to Ukrainian pilots, but the Pentagon rejected that. https://t.co/QK2eIKr9FF
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“Kamala Harris’ trip to Poland comes amid diplomatic turbulence over fighter jets. Poland planned to transfer its Russian-made fighter planes to a U.S. base in Germany with the expectation they’d be given to Ukrainian pilots, but the Pentagon rejected that,” reports the Associated Press.
“Poland is not a side in this war,” said Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday, adding, “Such a serious decision like handing over planes must be unanimous and unequivocally taken by by all of the North Atlantic Alliance.”
“This fighter jet situation is a messy deal, and Harris will have to go there and smooth things out,” added a former US Ambassador to Poland. “There’s plenty of discussion on the way ahead that needs to be had with the Poles that is better to have in an in-person conversation.”
This is a developing story…