The death toll from two methane gas explosions at a mine in Neuvik in southern Poland rose to five following rescuers recovered the body of a worker trapped inside the mine, Bloomberg News Agency reported.
A search for seven missing persons is still underway.
The accident may have affected 42 people who were working in the area, where an explosion occurred shortly following midnight on Tuesday.
The mine is operated by coke producer JSWSA, which is the largest of its kind in Europe.
More than twenty injured in the blast are receiving treatment in hospitals.
Visiting the site of the accident, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that at least one of those who died was a member of the rescue team.
Morawiecki said the rescue team is working to find a way to reach the site where people are still stuck on both sides, without endangering the rescue teams’ lives.
And the Polish news agency “BAP” reported earlier in the day that three miners had died, and the fourth had breathed his last due to injuries following being taken to hospital.
Contact is still cut off with seven rescue workers who were among the first group that descended through a 1,000-meter-deep ventilation hole, to help the workers following the first explosion. They were trapped underground when the second explosion occurred at regarding three o’clock.
The public prosecutor’s office in the nearby city of Gliwice is investigating the cause of the accident.
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“Three strong explosions” shake the outskirts of Lviv, 90 kilometers from Poland
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
“Three Loud Explosions” They have shaken the outskirts of Lviv, in western Ukraine, a few hours following Moscow assured that its military efforts were going to focus on Donbas. Lviv, 90 kilometers from Poland, is the departure point for refugees to leave the country. The anti-aircraft alarms have sounded once more in the city and the mayor has urged his neighbors to go to the shelters as soon as possible.
Usual curfew in kyiv
Meanwhile, in kyiv, its mayor, Vitali Klitschkó, has canceled the curfew that was to last the entire weekend. Yes, the usual curfew is maintained, from eight in the followingnoon to seven in the morning.
The war in Ukraine protagonist in the Doha Forum
And the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, in a videoconference intervention, monopolized the attention at the opening of the Doha Forum with the following message to energy producers:
“The future of Europe depends on your efforts! __I ask you to increase energy production so that Russia understands that no state should use energy as a weapon to blackmail the world”.
Ten humanitarian corridors
Regarding the situation on the ground, the Government of Ukraine has reported the establishment of ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from the cities most affected by Russian bombing.
Russian propaganda at full throttle
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry broadcast a video, in the midst of its incessant bombardment of the port city of Mariupol, of an attack once morest the Ukrainian Buk anti-missile system, insisting that its attacks are only on military installations.
“Despite the difficulties, we fulfilled the state Defense order, as planned. We advanced in the supply of weapons and equipment with the help of credit funds. The priorities are long-range high-precision weapons, aviation equipment and the maintenance of combat readiness of strategic nuclear forces”declared Sergey Shoigu, Russian Defense Minister.
100,000 people are still trapped in Mariupol
Mariupol remains the epicenter of the fighting. According to its mayor, the situation remains critical, with street fighting in the center.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, only private vehicles can leave the city. Russian troops prevent the passage of buses. Some 100,000 people are still trapped in Mariupol.
Biden calls Putin a “butcher” after meeting with Ukrainian refugees | International
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
“He’s a butcher,” Biden responded in relation to Putin, when asked by the press, following seeing the suffering of Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
The president of United States, Joe Bidendescribed this Saturday as a “butcher” to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, following meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
Asked by the press regarding his opinion of Putin following seeing the suffering of the refugees, Biden replied: “He is a butcher”.
The US president also said that he is not sure if Russia has changed its strategy in the war in Ukraine, following the Kremlin has proclaimed that its priority is now to fully “liberate” the breakaway region of Donbas in eastern Ukraine. .
“I’m not sure they have,” Biden asked when asked by a reporter if Russia had changed its attack plans.
The US president made the remarks following visiting the PGE Narodowy soccer stadium, converted into refugee center to care for some of the more than 2.17 million who have fled Ukraine for Poland since the war began.
During his visit, Biden spoke with several Ukrainian refugees, hugged a woman and picked up a girl.
Later, he explained to the press that some children asked him to pray for their parents, grandparents or siblings who are in Ukraine fighting Russian forces.
“I remember what it is like to have someone in a war zone,” said the president, referring to his son Beau, who died in 2015 from brain cancer and who fought in Iraq.
“Every morning you wake up and wonder, you just want to pray that you don’t get that call. This is a wonderful group of people,” she added.
During his visit, Biden was accompanied by Spanish chef José Andrés, whose anti-hunger organization World Central Kitchen is involved in the humanitarian response to the refugee crisis.
Biden appointed José Andrés just this week as co-chair of the White House advisory council on Sport, Fitness and Nutrition.
Before returning to Washington, Biden will deliver a speech today at the Royal Palace in Warsaw at 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. GMT) to highlight “the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine,” according to the White House.
During his European tour, which began on Wednesday, Biden has also visited the US military near the border with Ukraine and has participated in three NATO, G7 and European Union (EU) summits in Brussels focused on the Russian invasion. from Ukraine.
War in Ukraine: Joe Biden visits Rzeszów (Poland), 80 km from the border
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US President Joe Biden is visiting the city of Rzeszów, regarding 80 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, on Friday March 25. Poland, at the doorstep of the conflict, has already taken in nearly 2 million Ukrainian refugees. The American president must meet with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda during the day. The details of Pauline Godart from Rzeszów