15 years on, Poles still divided about presidential plane crash

15 years on, Poles still divided about presidential plane crash

Fifteen years on, the Smolensk air disaster that killed President Lech Kaczyński remains a deeply divisive issue in Poland, split between assassination claims and disbelief.

Grief Comes To Smolensk - Poland Loses A President - April 10, 2010

https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/11183601/Polish-Radio_10April2010-1700UTC.mp3 Investigators scrambled today to determine if pilot error was to blame for the fiery crash of a Soviet-era airliner that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 96 others. The presidential party was en route to a memorial service for Poles massacred by Soviet troops in the Second World War when its Tupolev Tu-154 airliner crashed in thick…

President: The Smolensk Disaster Remains a Great, Unhealed Wound

The office of Lech Kaczyński stood empty. Candles burned outside the doors of those who had perished. The Presidential Palace, usually teeming with life, suddenly fell silent. It was filled with darkness, silence, and despair – recalled President Andrzej Duda in his address. “Fifteen years have passed, and I still see that Warsaw before my […] The post President: The Smolensk Disaster Remains a Great, Unhealed Wound appeared first on PolandDaily…

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On Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the so-called Smolensk catastrophe of April 10, 2010 was commemorated throughout the country. The President, the Speakers of the Sejm and Senate, and politicians laid wreaths at the graves of the victims, including the Military Powązki Cemetery. At 8:41 a.m., a Memorial Roll Call was held in front of the Presidential Palace, and in the evening, a Memorial March took place there. In the evening, the President …

– It has been 15 years since Poland reacted to what happened. To what was described at the time in an extremely mendacious manner, and what was in fact (...) an attack – said Jarosław Kaczyński on the anniversary of the Smolensk disaster.