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Vladimir Putin has been accused of sabotage after explosions rattled the Baltic Sea this week.

fish have been pulled from a river following an ecological disaster with people warned not to enter the water due to a possible contamination with a toxic substance.The fish were removed by anglers and volunteers along a 124 mile stretch of the River Oder in Poland, according to Przemyslaw Daca - head of State Water Holding which manages the country's waters.Daca described the situation as a gigantic ecological catastrophe, with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki vowing to find and punish those responsible.READ MORE: Intoxicated bear cub high on ‘mad honey’ had to be rescued from the forestThe Oder is Poland's second largest river and flows along part of the border with Germany.Ewa Drewniak, a biologist working with opposition political group Civic Coalition, blasted the Polish government for not reacting faster.She said: "Dead fish have been flowing in the Oder for the past two weeks and people have not been informed about it, I've seen scores of people bathing in the river a week and a half ago, they were not aware of the danger, this is scandalous."According to regional environmental protection authorities in Wroclaw, water samples taken from the Oder on July 28 showed an 80% probability that they contained the toxic substance mesitylene.However, this was not present in samples taken after August 1.On Wednesday (August 10) Daca said that low river levels due to drought may have potentially caused contamination.He added that a strong oxidising agent may have gotten into the water, causing oxygen levels to spike and harming fish.However, Daca said there was no need to panic and that the situation was improving.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our

Vladimir Putin is "more dangerous" than both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, the Polish Prime Minister has claimed. Mateusz Morawiecki said that the Russian President is more of a threat as he has advanced weapons at his disposal, such as a nuclear arsenal.He also noted that, compared to the 20th century dictators, Putin can channel "the new media at his fingertips to spread his propaganda" more effectively.

Boris Johnson has condemned President Vladimir Putin with his "strongest remarks yet" as the conflict continues in Ukraine.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that the country will be tightening lockdown restrictions as it battles rising COVID-19 cases.As part of the measures, theatres, cinemas and museums will close from November 6 to November 29, according to journalist Jakub Krupa.Morawiecki said the country would progress into full lockdown if the ‘circuit breaker’ approach, which many Euro nations are employing as a way to stem increasing infections ahead of the Christmas period, does not work.Poland reported 24,692 new COVID-19 cases and 373 deaths on Tuesday (November 3), a new high in the country since the pandemic began.

By Tom Grater