The Three Things (Episode 12)--the Polish elections; corruption all over and the Ukrainian war

Greetings and salutations! This week's The Three Things with your (licensed) detective in Central Europe, Preston Smith, courtesy of The Corners Magazine (www.thecorners.pl) and CDDI (www.cddi.pl) focuses on the coming Polish elections (and how they may turn out); allegations of corruption in... Ukrained and the Ukrainian War Update. Each section of the Three Things runs approximately 15-20 minutes (or more), and we have provided markers to help you get where you need to go.

2:34 Thing one: the Polish elections--who is likely to win or is this just a preview or yet another round of elections further on up the road. Find out.

16:35 Thing two: a former EC head said Ukraine is TOTALLY CORRUPT. Let's take a closer look at just who was doing the talking, the timing and the truth of the matter(s).

31:04 Thing three: the Ukrainian war report. Not a lot of good to say this week, but we'll get into it. Russian counter attacks everywhere, but again, plenty of maps.

Photo attributions:

Jean Claude Juncker photo by euranet_plus, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Map of Israel/Gaza by User:NordNordWest and User:Jackmcbarn, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
War photo by Ian Curr, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Donald Tusk by Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Jaroslaw AargambitAutor: Reporter Dziennika Internetowego http://lublin.com.pl (wydawca:AAR Gambit), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Tomasz Molina, CC BY-SA 4.0 by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
War in Ukraine photo by Tomasz Molina, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
War in Ukraine buiding National Police of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Warsaw photo by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Putin fishing by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Yanukovych palace Eugene Shutoff, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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