Antoni Macierewicz

"Today they want our tanks, but tomorrow they will want our children," Ewa, an activist with the movement, claimed in her speech during the May 1 rally organised by the Polish Anti-War Movement in the centre of Warsaw.

WARSAW (Sputnik) - The Polish commission responsible for the re-investigation into the 2010 plane crash near Russia's Smolensk, in which then Polish President Lech Kaczynski died, said on Tuesday it had found traces of explosives on the wreckage of the aircraft and on the body of one of the victims of the accident.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has stepped up its anti-German rhetoric by declaring Warsaw has a right to billions of dollars in reparations for destruction inflicted by the Nazis in World War II, reported Politico. 

Polish President Andrzej Duda, who fell out with the ruling party last month over judicial reform, risked escalating tension by blocking army appointments proposed by the NATO member's government, Bloomberg reported. 

Poland will consider a claim demanding reparations from Germany for the destruction it brought during the Nazi occupation in World War II, a Warsaw official said, adding that some 6 million people were slaughtered as a result.

Polish authorities are looking into demanding reparations from Germany for the massive losses inflicted on Poland during World War II, an official said Wednesday.

Trump's visit also strengthened Poland's defense. Wednesday night, the U.S. agreed to sell Patriot missile defense systems to Poland in a memorandum, Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said, Voice of America reported.

Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz has accused Russia of being responsible for the downing the Polish presidential plane in 2010.

He described it as an act of "terrorism."