Poland wants Ukraine to keep Russia at bay
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Temperature records have been broken in several countries across central and eastern Europe as the extreme weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent continues.
Axar.az reports, citing The Guardian, that countries including Slovakia, Austria and Hungary registered record temperatures. On Thursday, the Slovakian hydrometeorological agency said a new high of 42C (108F) had been reached in Dolne Plachtince.
Authorities in Poland were forced to shut down the Kozienice and Polaniec coal-fired power plants after critically low water levels in the Vistula River limited cooling water supplies. The disruption removed about 1.3GW of capacity from Poland’s power system.
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2026.08.07 / 17:54
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Axar.az
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