The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has issued an updated travel advisory for British nationals considering travelling to Poland, particularly concerning the Poland-Ukraine border region.
In the latest release, the FCDO stated, “The FCDO advises against all travel to Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is ongoing, with attacks against a number of major cities. Russian military strikes have taken place in Ukraine within 20km of the Polish border. There is a real risk to life. Do not attempt to cross into Ukraine from Poland. Access to the border itself is also restricted.”
In addition, travellers are reminded that while the FCDO provides advice on potential risks, no travel can be guaranteed as entirely safe. As part of their due diligence, travellers are urged to read the entire guide as well as to seek support and advice tailored for different groups such as women, LGBT+, and disabled travellers.
The advisory also references a specific incident from the previous year: “In 2022, there was an explosion in Przewodów near the Ukrainian border killing 2 Polish nationals.”
The FCDO consistently encourages British nationals to follow their channels on various social media platforms for real-time updates and also offers the option for individuals to sign up for email notifications whenever there are updates to the advice.
The foreign office has become something of a joke these past few years, here is the latest exampel: Don’t say hostile state, Foreign Office tells staff The British Foreign Office has banned employees from using the phrase “hostile state” in relation to Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. According to the British edition of the Times, citing sources in the country’s Foreign Ministry, the use of this phrase is prohibited both in government documents and during normal internal messaging between employees and advisers of the foreign ministry. Documents that use the phrase “hostile state” are rejected. According to the British… Read more »
Hillarious, because that is exactly what they are. Hostile states. Hostile states who have an absolute hatred for Western democracy and want nothing more than to overthrow the international order and replace it with an axis of mad dictatorships.
That’s sort of the geopolitical version of unconditional positive regard…the action is hostile the state is not….it’s all a bit bollox really..just like the separating a person from their actions in unconditional positive regard.
Ridiculous, meaningless, totally ineffective. How does bending over backwards towards threatening hostile states bullying everyone around them, not amount to appeasment? Or is it that our leaders want a CCP dominated world where freedom & democracy is a historical footnote?
HMG living in denial.
They have been living in denial ever since Camerons red carpet Royal visit along with his misguided “Trade with them and they will become more Westernised” comments. I’m not sure if he actually believed that or whether he hoped to convince us…or himself. Labour are no better accepting monies for favours from known CCP ‘representatives’. Williamson challenged regards Huwaii’s integration into our telecomms infrastructure and promptly got sacked. They have ‘invesrtments’ in all our critical infrastructure and in our Universities – where they actively seek to control exposure to teachings that go against their own ‘ethics’- for their own students… Read more »
I fear we may not be able to trust our so called leaders not to feed us to CCP approved oppression. Our best hope may be for CCP to overplay their hand so we are forced to oppose them directly. There is too much selfish corruption & greed amongst our ruling classes for them to do what is best for the nation & hemisphere. Healthy capitalism must be kept within sensible bounds for the good of all rather than allowing a few obscenely rich to rape the planet irregardless of the deverstation & misery caused. So they’ll happily allow Russia… Read more »
How does the foreign office square diplomacy with China with Tik toc encouraging pillaging and looting in Oxford Street ? As for trade with China that’s a one way street ditto the EU with a French government that clearly wants to trash the UK economy with a never ending stream of ” guests” Something those liars in the foreign office say will end in 5 years. Ye right !
Don’t worry, when Labour get in there will be lots of “safe routes” ( otherwise known as open borders ) and the issue will go away.
The French have wanted to reduce the UK economy for decades, nothing new about that!
Nonsense. Poland is safe country. Border crossings to Ukraine are open. Western Ukraine is safe and works quite normally. More people die in car accidents than Russian attacs there
Well I think they should post this in Russian cos that will stop them won’t it. More mindless crap generated by the over stuffed civil service. Probably wrote the guidance on their Peletons