Poland's prime minister says the anniversary of World War II makes it crucial to put an end to the war in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, chosen by EU leaders to be the next president of the European Council, spoke at the Westerplatte peninsula on the Baltic coast, where some of the first shots of World War II were fired on September 1, 1939.
More than five years of brutal, global war followed, taking the lives of tens of millions of people.
Tusk said "today, looking at the tragedy of Ukraine, at war - because we should use this word - in the east of our continent, we know that September 1939 must not be repeated."
Polish and German presidents Bronislaw Komorowski and Joachim Gauck will also meet later on Monday to honour the war dead and discuss the war with young Poles and Germans.
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