Poland’s Foreign Minister Says Russia Is Waging a War Without Tanks | Ukraine news
Warsaw says Moscow is escalating pressure beyond the battlefield, while a recent espionage conviction adds a striking detail to the broader warning.
This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in an interview with Kathimerini.
The Kremlin uses disinformation and provocations to weaken the unity of European societies and worsen relations between Poles and Ukrainians. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said this in an interview with Kathimerini.
Make no mistake: Russia has already declared war on us, only without tanks. The Kremlin is waging a frenzied campaign to divide our societies. They use disinformation to pit Poles against Ukrainians and stage crude provocations, such as throwing pig heads into mosques.
– Radosław Sikorski in an interview with Kathimerini
Russian Sabotage and Provocations in Europe
According to Sikorski, European countries are facing sabotage orchestrated by Russia. This includes, in particular, assassination plots, attempts to sabotage railways, paid arson attacks in various European states, and incursions by hostile drones into the airspace of EU countries.
Just a few days ago, another Russian cruise missile violated Poland’s airspace.
– Radosław Sikorski
The Polish foreign minister stressed that Poland has more than five centuries of experience in countering Russian imperialism. That is why, he said, the country has a good understanding of the approaches and tools Moscow uses to pressure its neighbors and destabilize the West.
Sikorski Links Western Destabilization to Russia’s War Against Ukraine
What has changed is the scale and the desperation. There is a clear correlation: the worse Russia performs on the battlefield in Ukraine, the more aggressively the Kremlin tries to destabilize the West in order to undermine our solidarity with the victim of its aggression.
– Radosław Sikorski
A district court in the southern Polish city of Sosnowiec sentenced Russian citizen Igor R. to seven years in prison. He was found guilty of spying for Russian intelligence services and participating in the sending of a parcel containing explosives.
Radosław Sikorski’s statements and the verdict in Igor R.’s case demonstrate that Polish authorities view Russian information operations, espionage, and sabotage as components of a systematic threat to the security of Poland and Europe as a whole.