Moscow’s regional threats ended up making Poland more resolved to embrace the controversial US missile shield

Leszek Blanik of Poland won a tiebreaker over France’s Thomas Bouhail in men’s vault at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday night.

A tornado that struck southern Poland on Friday has killed at least three people and injured 34 more.

A top Russian general on Friday said Poland’s deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

Warsaw and Washington signed a preliminary deal on basing part of a US missile shield in Poland, in the face of Moscow’s vehement opposition and mounting East-West tensions over Georgia.

Russia warned Poland on Friday that it is exposing itself to attack, even a nuclear one, by accepting a U.S. missile interceptor base on its soil

A top Russian general said Friday that Poland’s agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported.

A deal to place a missile defense base on Polish territory angered Russia, but reflected alarm in countries like Poland about Moscow?s intentions.

Poland and the United States struck a deal Thursday that will strengthen military ties and put an American missile interceptor base in Poland, a plan that has infuriated Moscow and sparked fears in Europe of a new arms race.

Warsaw and Washington looked set to close a deal Thursday on basing a US missile shield in Poland, despite Moscow’s vehement opposition to the plan which has been given a new edge by Russia’s conflict with Georgia.