PM attacks German media giant

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, has claimed that Ringier Axel Springer Polska published and promoted articles “whose content obfuscates and twists the truth” about the Battle of Warsaw – a series of battles that resulted in a decisive Polish victory in 1920 during the Polish-Soviet War.

The letter addressed to the head of the Polish arm of Hamburg-headquartered media giant Axel Springer was announced through a Facebook post. Ringier Axel Springer Polska runs popular Polish-language tabloid “Fakt,” Newsweek Polska magazine and well-known website Onet.

In the Battle of Warsaw fought in August 1920, estimated Russian losses were 10,000 killed, 500 missing, 30,000 wounded and 66,000 taken prisoner, compared with Polish losses of some 4,500 killed, 10,000 missing and 22,000 wounded.

(Polsat)