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Tusk Seeks Reset In Relations With Ukraine, FinMin Discusses Budget

POLAND
  • Prime Minister Donald Tusk ended his visit to Kyiv pledging further military support to Ukraine in a bid to repair frayed bilateral ties. Tusk and his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal agreed to develop border infrastructure and re-start intergovernmental consultations to prevent tensions from resurfacing in the future. Tusk also noted that the European Union will find a way to support Ukraine regardless of Hungary's stance, adding that "whoever quietly supports Putin, betrays Europe (...) and it will not be forgotten or forgiven", drawing criticism from Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
  • Poland scrambled fighter jets in response to increased activity of Russian strategic bombers amid a large-scale missile strike on Ukraine this morning. Separately, Russian outlet Vesti.Kaliningrad reported that Vladimir Putin will visit the Russian enclave bordering with Poland this Thursday.
  • Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told public radio that the ruling coalition may need to amend the 2024 budget later this year. He added that he "count[s] on the responsibility of the President and hope[s] he will not delay signing the budget bill". In Domanski's view "it would be very hard to find a clause that would allow to refer the budget bill to the Constitutional Tribunal". The Finance Minister also confirmed plans to revamp the capital gains tax and create a system of incentives to save.

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