Filip Klimaszewski / Agencja Wyborcza.pl Politics
On April 16, Poland holds events to commemorate the plane crash in Smolensk, which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. The total number of victims of the crash of plank number 1 was 96 people on April 10, 2010.
13 years and 6 days later, the Polish edition of Gazeta.pl quotes the politician, former Minister of National Defense Antoni Macierewicz, telling the Polish News Agency: “We will send a petition to investigate the assassination attempt against the President of Poland. ”
Mr. Macierewicz is generally prone to anti-Russian attacks, and on April 16, 2023, Polish internet media “dragged” the statement of a figure as familiar as Zelenskyy to his innuendos.
We quote: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that “as in the case of the genocide in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities which is currently taking place, so in the case of the crime in Smolensk, it is necessary to obtain a decision international crime actions of the Russian side.
In the discussion of what happened 13 years later, Macierewicz got former Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Perhaps he is only responsible for the fact that on April 7 he calmly and safely flew to the same airfield in Smolensk to meet with Vladimir Putin.
“Stolen” from Macerevich to then Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorsky, accused by him of disinformation. According to the politician about Sikorsky: “Immediately after the accident, he reported false information that the pilots crashed into trees and that was what the air traffic controllers were saying. This is not true – none of the air traffic controllers transmit such a text.
The more time that passes since the tragedy, the more opportunities there are to reinvent the past? 13 years ago, as the editor of a newspaper, I happened to attend events with the participation of Putin and Tusk, and on April 10, letting everything, “fly” to the writing, after hearing the news that a Polish plane had crashed near Severny airfield in Smolensk.
Journalists who were on duty in Katyn before the start of the ceremony dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the execution of the Polish officers, and who were awaiting Kaczynski’s visit, broadcast live how the representatives of Poland perceived the news of the ‘plane crash. Together with many residents of Smolensk, I wore carnations to church and answered the calls of colleagues from federal and international publications … The people of Smolensk wept with the Polish people.
And at the Novy hotel in Smolensk and at the barriers of the Severny airfield, our correspondents were on duty, reporting on the work of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other services at the accident site.
The investigation was carried out carefully, the negotiations of the dispatchers were published without cuts and a proposal due to the fog to land the plane at an alternative airfield in Minsk or Vitebsk. And a little later, the recordings of the flight recorder were made public …
On April 10, 2023, Russian political scientist Kornilov, recalling the events of 13 years ago, summarized: “This is Russophobia – it makes poor Poles deaf and blind.”
On April 10, 2010, the General Manager of Aviakor Aviation Plant JSC said, “I would like to express my condolences to the families and friends of the victims. The aircraft arrived at Aviakor for overhaul on May 29, 2009. On December 21, 2009, a law was signed implementing a major overhaul.
In 2023, the anniversary of the Smolensk disaster was moved to Sunday April 16, with April 10 falling on Easter Monday in Poland. The celebrations began at 8 a.m. at the Warsaw Seminary Church. At 8:41 a.m., a call for remembrance was read in front of the Presidential Palace. The delegations laid flowers and lit candles in front of the presidential palace and in front of the monuments to Lech Kaczynski and to the victims of the 2010 Smolensk tragedy in Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Square. At 7:00 p.m., a mass is planned in memory of the victims of the disaster. President Jarosław Kaczynski is due to speak at 9:00 p.m. (Polish time).
On April 10, 2010, a terrible tragedy occurred. But using him and the dead as a pretext to stir up hatred against Russia is beyond good and evil. And, all the more bad manners, to drag Zelenskyy into it, who is ready to get excited for any reason just to stay in the information space.
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