In an interview given a few days ago to the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski presented aspects of the negative change striking Europe before our very eyes. The UAVs that penetrated Polish territory, he emphasized, were not the result of human error, as some tried to claim. This was a Russian offensive step, deliberate in nature. The UAVs were unarmed, which allowed for an increased amount of fuel. They flew for more than seven hours on their way to their target.
Russia, he clarified, wants to test NATO’s resolve. Poland indeed invoked Article 4 of the NATO treaty, which enables a member state under attack to call for consultations with its allies. These, Sikorski said, expressed willingness to assist in strengthening Poland’s air defense systems. The US response to the incident did not satisfy Poland. If UAVs had flown from Cuba toward Florida, he said, and rightly so, the US would have responded differently. (Read More)
