3 hours ago Poland's premier curate has said the state is preparing for "various" scenarios and that the coming months could beryllium "critical" concerning the menace from Russia.
Donald Tusk was responding to media reports that Moscow was readying an equipped "provocation" successful Poland to trial Nato's resolve, citing US intelligence.
"I don't mean to scare anyone but the coming months whitethorn genuinely beryllium critical, besides owed to the changing quality of the war. These concerns are peculiarly palpable successful the Baltic states," Tusk told reporters connected Friday.
Polish quality outlet Onet reported that sources adjacent to President Karol Nawrocki had said the US had issued respective warnings to Warsaw astir a crippled to onslaught the country.
The White House and US State Department did not respond to the BBC's requests for comment.
Under the purported plans, besides published by the Telegraph successful the UK connected Friday, Polish infrastructure could beryllium targeted by missiles oregon drones, oregon soldiers could beryllium sent into the Nato state.
The reports suggest the purpose would beryllium to spot unit connected Ukraine's occidental allies to suspend assistance to the state arsenic it continues to combat against Russia's full-scale invasion, launched successful 2022.
Asked astir the reports, Tusk said: "Let's not beryllium afraid, we are preparing for assorted situations, but we cannot disregard them... We are alert of the threats, besides acknowledgment to accusation from our allies".
Polish President Nawrocki is acceptable to be a Nato acme with leaders of different members of the antiaircraft confederation successful Turkey adjacent week.
Secretary General Mark Rutte has said the gathering volition amusement Europeans are heeding US President Donald Trump's longstanding calls to summation their defence spending, portion leaders are besides expected to pledge to proceed backing weapons for Ukraine.
Tusk told the Financial Times successful April that Russia could onslaught a Nato subordinate authorities successful "months".
In precocious June, his Deputy Prime Minister Radek Sikorski told CBS News that helium would not regularisation retired a Russian "false flag" cognition successful the adjacent 2 years to warrant an onslaught connected a Nato state.
Baltic states person antecedently acknowledged concerns implicit their vulnerability to a Russian attack. Latvian media reported successful June that its quality services had warned Moscow was readying subject provocations successful the region, oregon successful Poland.
Lithuania's ambassador to Nato said connected Thursday that Russia was much apt to edifice to hybrid warfare - specified arsenic rocket oregon drone incursions - than a accepted subject attack, according to the country's nationalist work broadcaster LRT.
Nato's Article 5 states that an equipped onslaught against 1 subordinate volition beryllium considered an onslaught against all, for which they volition travel to each other's defence.
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