Lech Wałęsa calls it "the second disaster after Katyn ... They wanted to cut off our head there, and here the flower of our nation has also perished". (The New York Times)
Poland's Foreign Ministry spokesman Piotr Paszkowski says "Nothing like this has ever happened in Poland". (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Russia and Lithuania prepare for an official day of mourning for the death of Poland's President Kaczyński and other persons on board. (RIAN; Russian)(Delfi)
A blast injures at least 19 people outside a prison in Ilam. (Al Jazeera)
A spokesman for Pope Benedict XVI claims allegations that he deliberately delayed the punishment of a paedophile priest have been "taken out of context". (BBC)(RTÉ)