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Refugees from Ukraine stay inside a vast accommodation center set up at the Global EXPO exhibition hall in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The United Nations’ refugee agency says that more than 5 million people have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24. The Geneva-based U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, put the total number of refugees at 5.01 million. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies

By Monika Scislowska and Rafal Niedzielski - Associated Press

A burned Ukranian army vehicle stands on a street leading to the airport of the city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Friday, 25, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Live updates: Man detained at site of Lviv rocket attacks

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A man waves the Ukrainian and Polish flag during a demonstration in front of a building housing Russian diplomats in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Poland’s Internal Security Agency says it has identified 45 Russian secret service officers and their associates who have enjoyed diplomatic status in Poland. The agency is asking the Foreign Ministry to expel the Russians who were described as a danger to Poland’s security. The agency also said Wednesday, March 23, 2022 that it detained a Polish citizen on suspicions of espionage for the Russian secret services. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland orders expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Ukrainian refugees wait at Przemysl train station, southeastern Poland, on Friday, March 11, 2022. Thousands of people have been killed and more than 2.3 million have fled the country since Russian troops crossed into Ukraine on Feb. 24. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Warsaw overwhelmed as it becomes key refugee destination

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, right, speaks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at Cotroceni Palace in Otopeni, Romania, Friday, March 11, 2022. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

VP Harris heads to Romania as Ukraine refugee crisis grows

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

A Polish volunteer, right, offers Ukrainian refugees transportation to Warsaw, at the Medyka border crossing, in Medyka, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says nearly 120,000 people have so far fled Ukraine into neighboring countries in the wake of the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Unlikely volunteers step up for Ukrainians fleeing the war

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A woman carries her child as she arrives at the Medyka border crossing after fleeing from the Ukraine, in Poland, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. The head of the United Nations refugee agency says more than a half a million people had fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion on Thursday. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Poland takes in most refugees, leads global protests against Russian war on Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Warsaw headquarters of Poland's TVN broadcaster that is owned by the U.S. company Discovery Inc., in Warsaw, Poland, July 8, 2021. Poland’s president will have the final decision on a controversial media bill seen as targeting a U.S.-owned TV network that’s often critical of the Polish government, after lawmakers overturned a Senate veto on the proposed legislation. It would prevent any non-European entity from owning more than a 49% stake in Polish broadcasters, the practical effect would be to force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner of Poland’s largest private television network, TVN, to sell its Polish holdings. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)

Poles protest across the country to defend media freedom

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

FILE - A Black Friday shopper wearing a face mask leaves a Walmart store with a TV in Pic Rivera Calif., Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fueled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide. As economies recover from lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased consumer demand has helped lead to rising inflation. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

By Justin Spike and Paul Wiseman and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

This video framegrab image from MSNBC's Morning Joe, shows Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaking to co-host Mika Brzezinski, Friday, May 1, 2020. (MSNBC's Morning Joe via AP)

Biden nominates Mark Brzezinski — brother of MSNBC’s Mika — as ambassador to Poland

By Aamer Madhani

People drink beer in a bar which was open in defiance of pandemic restrictions in Warsaw, Poland, Friday March 26, 2021. Police raided the bar and arrested the owner on Friday. A raft of new pandemic restrictions take effect in Poland on Saturday to slow the spread of infection in what has become of the new global hot spot for the virus, but even earlier restrictions are being defied by some.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect

By VANESSA GERA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI - Associated Press

A Polish teacher is vaccinated against the coronavirus with the AstraZeneca vaccine in Krakow, Poland, Friday Feb. 12, 2021. As Poland began vaccinating teachers on Friday, many say they are unhappy that they are getting AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus, rather than the Pfizer shots earmarked for health care workers and the elderly. Nearly a year into the pandemic, many Europeans and others globally are desperate to get vaccinated and return to normal life. But many don't want just any vaccine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Some Europeans get choosy about which vaccines they want

By VANESSA GERA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this 1943 photo, a group of Polish Jews are led away for deportation by German SS soldiers, during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by German troops after an uprising in the Jewish quarter. Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland's nationalist government. A verdict is expected Feb. 9. (AP Photo, B/W File)

Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, protesters carry an EU flag at an anti-government protest in Warsaw, Poland. Some Poles are afraid that a drawn-out conflict with the EU over the next budget and values could put them on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or "Polexit." Poland's conservative government denies that it has ever wanted to leave the 27-member bloc and popular support for EU membership runs very high. But critics fear the combative tone of some Polish leaders could create momentum which could accidentally bring the nation to the exit door. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poles voice fears of ‘Polexit’ as gov’t defies EU over budget

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a news conference at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius, Lithuania. Morawiecki says on Friday, Nov. 27 he has confirmed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Warsaw is ready to block the EU’s huge budget and recovery package because it’s linked to democratic standards in member states. Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Facebook that he spoke with Merkel, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, about the 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget for 2021-2027 and the urgently needed coronavirus recovery package that is to be implemented in January.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, file)

Polish PM says he’s told Merkel of plan to veto EU budget

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press