Balts and Poles fear a Russian attack under autocrat Vladimir Putin. At a conference they discuss what their military response would be.
Saint Petersburg – What should Russia not only win the bloody Ukraine war, but also subsequently (or at the same time) attack the territory of the NATO defense alliance under Moscow autocrat Vladimir Putin?
Fear of Vladimir Putin and Russia: Baltics and Poles discuss possible answer
This is exactly the question that security policy and military representatives from the Baltic countries and Poland are currently pursuing at the “Defending Baltics” conference in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
During the talks, the former Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces outlined a particularly drastic counterattack scenario should Putin actually decide to take such a (more than) daring step, in addition to the costly battles in Ukraine.
Poland and the Baltics: Concerns about Russia and Belarus
This is what she reported Picture on Friday (October 11). While the German military expert Carlo Masala from the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich put forward the theory that Kremlin boss Putin is still assuming a Russian victory in Ukraine, and while the Lithuanians are setting up anti-tank barriers on the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad The Polish ex-military man Rajmund Andrzejczak is downright threatening against Putin’s Moscow circle around the compliant man Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov skillful.
“After a Russian victory in Ukraine, we have a Russian division in Lviv, one in Brest and one in Grodna,” Andrzejczak said, according to the report. Lviv is on the Ukrainian side not far from the Polish border. The Belarusian cities of Brest and Hrodna are also in close proximity to Poland’s territory and thus to NATO’s eastern flank; Brest, at a manageable 160 kilometers away, is even within possible striking distance of the Polish capital Warsaw.
Message to Vladimir Putin and Moscow: Polish ex-military becomes clear
The regime of the Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko has been closely linked to Putin’s regime for years and in February 2022 served as a staging area in the Kremlin boss’s war on Ukraine, which violated international law. The Polish officer Andrzejczak, who is considered a hardliner, remained drastic and clear in his remarks at the conference.
“If they attack an inch of Lithuanian territory, the answer will come immediately. Not on the first day, but in the first minute. We will hit all strategic targets within 300 kilometers. We will attack Saint Petersburg directly,” said the former chief of general staff of the Polish army, who resigned from this post in October 2023 shortly before the parliamentary elections in neighboring Germany.
We will hit all strategic targets within 300 kilometers. We will attack Saint Petersburg directly.
Suwalki Corridor between Poland and Lithuania: NATO’s weak point in Eastern Europe
The 56-year-old officer, who had deep insights into possible NATO defense measures until his resignation, made loud demands Picture in Vilnius: “We have to change the narrative and take the initiative.” On the border between his home country and Lithuania is the so-called Suwalki Gap, the Achilles heel of the transatlantic defense alliance NATO. Specifically: The Suwalki Corridor stretches over 104 kilometers near the small Polish town of Suwalken between the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea and Belarus, which is an ally of Russia. (pm)
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