Poland announced on Monday that it is ready to accept nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO, of which it is a member, decides to strengthen its eastern wing.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has threatened that Russia will target nuclear weapons and NATO facilities if they are deployed in Poland. He said that NATO’s joint nuclear missions near the Russian border are considered a threat to its security, reports the Russian state news agency TASS.
“Let’s not talk about permanent deployment, which the hot heads in Warsaw are talking about. That’s why all those politicians who discuss such an option in Poland and abroad should understand: the relevant facilities will inevitably be a target. They will be the first on the list of our military planning.”he threatened.
“A war between Russia and NATO would end with the defeat of Putin”
Let’s remind Poland announced on Monday that it is ready to accept nuclear weapons on its territory if NATOof which he is a member, decides to strengthen his eastern wing as Russia deploys new weapons in Kaliningrad and Belarus.
“If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons on our territory as part of the distribution of nuclear weapons to strengthen the security of NATO’s eastern flank, we are ready for it.”, Andrzej Duda told the daily Fakt. “A war between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and NATO would end with the inevitable defeat of Moscow,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorski said today.
“We, the West, should not be afraid of conflict with Putin, but the other way around,” Sikorski said during a speech in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament. Sikorsky added that Russia’s military and economic potential “pales in comparison to the West” because NATO has three times as many military personnel, three times as many air personnel and four times as many ships as Russia.
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Source: Kurir television
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