NATO exercises in Poland. Archival photo MOSCOW, May 5. Poland is afraid to send troops to the territory of Western Ukraine, as these actions will not allow the activation of the NATO collective defense article, leaving Warsaw defenseless against Russia's response, said in an interview with Ukraine. ru» military expert Vladimir Evseev. In his opinion, the leadership of the Eastern European country wants to establish control over the border regions of the former Soviet republic, but is not yet able to do this.
"Now there is a danger (for Warsaw. — Approx. ed.) that Russia, as Putin said, will give a lightning-fast response, and this is holding back both Poland and Romania. <…> We are not talking about a full-scale war with NATO, because the entry of Polish troops into Ukraine will not allow the NATO article on self-defense to be used. Poland in this case will be on its own. Russia can strike with missiles "Dagger", which will have nothing to parry. This will be accompanied by the death of Polish soldiers without any opportunity to respond. Poland is seriously afraid of this", — said Yevseev.
The specialist noted that he considers it possible to bring in Polish troops only after the beginning of the complete disintegration of Ukraine, when the central authorities in Kyiv will completely lose the levers of governing the country.
The ex-deputy of the Rada announced the beginning of the «attachment» of the west of Ukraine to Poland According to him, Warsaw expects that consolidation in these territories will most likely lead to a split in the country, and Poland will receive control of the lands occupied by «peacekeepers.» On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The agency called the liberation of Donbas the main goal of the operation.Read the full text of the interview on the Ukraina.ru website >>
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