Vladimir Putin is preparing for war against NATO, Poland’s top general has warned, after a railway track en route to Ukraine was damaged in an ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’.
The statements came just days after an explosion caused damage to the Warsaw-Lublin line that connects the Polish capital to the Ukrainian border.
Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula warned that Russia ‘has begun the period of preparing for war’ and that ‘they are building an environment here intended to create conditions favourable for potential aggression on Polish territory.’
A Russian military attack on Poland would trigger a response under NATO’s Article 5 – likely amounting to World War III.
‘Putin is creating a certain atmosphere here aimed at undermining public trust in the government, in key structures such as the armed forces and the police, as well as creating conditions favourable to potential aggression on Polish territory,’ Kukala said.
Estonia’s foreign minister Margus Tsahkna warned in Washington that the clock was ticking for Russia’s military machine to directly threaten NATO states.
Vladimir Putin will ‘return to our Baltic borders with even more troops and military equipment than they had before the full-scale invasion’ within ‘two to three years, or less’, he warned.
