Russia does not have the military resources available to attack Poland, though Warsaw takes threats from Moscow seriously, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said.
Despite its belligerent rhetoric, Moscow is not a source of “panic” for Warsaw, Sikorski told Italian newspaper Il Messaggero in an interview published Sunday, adding that at most Vladimir Putin may stage some form of “provocation” to test NATO’s resolve.
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Reports emerged in early July that US intelligence had warned Warsaw of possible Russian actions against Poland.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later brushed off the reports as “scare stories” adding that Warsaw should “in any case give it some thought” and “reflect on its own security.”
In response, Sikorski told Il Messaggero the threat from Russia is nothing new.
“For about 500 years, we have been thinking about our security in relation to Russia, and we are not going to stop,” he said. “But Putin does not have the means to attack us today. At most, he could attempt some kind of provocation.”
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Sikorski said that by publicly exposing Russia’s plans he hopes to dissuade the Kremlin from carrying them out.
“That is why we are sending the Russians a signal,” he said. “We know they are preparing something, just as was the case before the invasion of Ukraine. And by exposing their intentions in advance, I hope we can persuade them to abandon their aggressive stance.”
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