WAR IN UKRAINE: Poland set to buy tanks and planes from South KoreaAFP, WARSAWPoland, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, is to buy tanks, howitzers and fighter planes from South Korea, the government said on Friday as Warsaw shores up its defenses. “Next week, we are signing deals,” Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak wrote on Twitter. Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, right, watches a soldier demonstrate a portable anti-aircraft missile system during a military picnic in Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland, on July 3. “We support Ukraine because it is fighting for us, but we must also strengthen our own defense capabilities,” he added. Earlier this month, Poland said it would buy 32 AW149 multi-role military helicopters worth 1.75 billion euros (US$1.8 billion) from Italian arms company Leonardo.
