In Poland, the sirens sound every year on August 1. at 17:00 CEST to commemorate the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Polis authorities have announced that the sirens wail across Poland today at 8:41(CEST) as part of a testing exercise of the early warning system, and to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Smolensk plane crash. Several municipalities have declined to follow the recommendation, including Warsaw and Poznan.
The Mayor of Warsaw said that "The government has ordered the sirens to sound on the anniversary of the Smolensk plane crash, in a city that hosts 120,000 traumatized Ukrainian children, who are scared even of the sound of a flying airplane. The sirens are under the jurisdiction of regional authorities. I appeal to the authorities to maintain silence," Mayor Traskowski wrote on social media.The request comes as over 330,000 refugees are currently sheltering in the capital, including 120,000 children. The aim of this action is to protect an already traumatized population.
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