Polish president dies in plane crash along with a lot of staff
A tragedy has occurred just as the Polish president and some of his staff, including military officials, were trying to land in Russia to commemorate the 1940 Katyn massacre of 22,000 Poles by the Soviets (H/T: Legal Insurrection):
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died Saturday along with dozens of others when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia.This is certainly sad, because as far as I know, president Kaczynski was a friend of Israel's, and it means that someone who could've been a worthy ally has been lost too. Update: here's an extra article about this part.
Russian and Polish officials offered conflicting death tolls but agreed there were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.
The Army chief of staff, Gen. Franciszek Gagor, National Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer were also on board, the Polish foreign ministry said.
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