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Russia is planning an armed “provocation” on Polish soil to test Nato’s resolve, the United States has warned.

Polish critical infrastructure could be targeted by missiles and drones or Russian soldiers could cross the border into Nato territory.

Washington has issued several warnings to Warsaw about the plot, sources close to Karol Nawrocki, the Polish president, told Onet, the Polish news outlet, which, along with The Telegraph, is owned by Axel Springer and is part of its Global Reporters Network.


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The United States has warned Poland that Russia may be considering an armed provocation on Polish territory in the coming months to test NATO’s resolve and pressure Western allies to scale back support for Ukraine

According to Ukrainska Pravda, citing The Telegraph, sources close to Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Washington had warned Warsaw that Russia was weighing scenarios that could include drone attacks on critical infrastructure, such as power plants, or a simulated large-scale air attack designed to force Poland to activate its air defenses.

A more radical scenario could involve a hybrid attack in Poland’s border region, potentially with the participation of Belarusian forces. Russia could attempt to explain away a border violation by claiming its troops had become lost because of GPS disruption or were carrying out a rescue mission after a helicopter emergency.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/79532

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This mildly concerns me because I've had a paranoid thought that the orange turd has been planning to announce the official US withdrawal from NATO on July 4th.

Not to say Poland and the other NATO allies couldn't handle a deeply weakened Russian military but no idea what downstream effects this may have

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

NATO without the US would most likely be still strong enough to face Russia. This is assuming the US just sits out and doesn't become an antagonist in some fashion.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit... I never thought about that.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's the same shit Germany pulled before WW2. If we'd have had a different president we'd have been aligned with Germany.

Either way we were going to wait and watch and jump in with the winners.