Ministry: No Poles fighting in Ukraine

Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed press reports of alleged Polish mercenaries fighting in eastern Ukraine. “Information available to us does not corroborate such allegations,” spokesperson Marcin Wojciechowski wrote in a statement. “Under Polish law, anyone serving in foreign military units without an authorisation from the competent national authority commits an offence ... liable to imprisonment of up to five years. Were Polish citizens to engage in such actions, they would bear all the legal consequences under Polish law on that account,” the statement read. The denial comes after a report from the German DPA news agency on Polish nationals allegedly fighting in eastern Ukraine. “We call on editors to put a stop to such media speculations,” the statement said.