WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland plans to increase the corporate income tax rate paid by banks to 30% in 2026, from the current 19%, to finance increased defence spending, Deputy Finance Minister Jaroslaw Neneman was quoted as saying by the state-controlled news agency PAP.

Kamysz says that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland has been identified as a Russian drone.

Amid discussions about a potential foreign military mission in Ukraine, Warsaw's position remains unchanged - Polish soldiers will not be deployed to Ukraine. Source: Polish radio station RMF FM citing Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz,

The Netherlands will send two Patriot air defence systems and around 300 personnel to protect a hub for military aid to Ukraine in NATO ally Poland, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday. Earlier this week,

A Polish general said early evidence points to the drone having a Chinese engine, and that it was likely "flying very low" to avoid radar.

Poland, one of Ukraine's Western neighbours, is still host to about 1 million Ukrainian refugees who fled after Russia invaded their homeland in February 2022. They have helped fuel Poland's tight labour market and boost economic growth, according to observers, a trend Fitch sees continuing.

A drone which crashed into a field in eastern Poland most likely came from the direction of Belarus, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday, following the incident described as a provocation by the defence minister.