Daily Mail (UK): In response to Warsaw's proposal to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, Russia warned that it would "defeat" Poland if it tried to intervene in a military special operation.
Readers of the British tabloid Daily Mail are discussing the statement of a State Duma deputy that Poland will be "defeated" if it tries to interfere in a special operation in Ukraine and sends peacekeepers. According to commentators, this shows that "Russia is terrified of NATO."
Russia has said that Poland will be "defeated" if it tries to interfere in a military special operation that Moscow is conducting in Ukraine. In his menacing speech, the deputy of the State Duma, General Vladimir Shamanov, the former commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, said: "Today it is time for our leadership to say specifically: here there are borders and just try, Poles, to come here at least ten meters." He added that "the final line of the Russian special operation will take place on the border of Ukraine and Poland" and that the Poles will receive a full scheme in response, including a strike with hypersonic missiles. This warning came after Poland made a proposal to send UN peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. As follows from the plan of the Polish Defense Ministry leaked to the press, we are talking about a contingent of ten thousand military personnel.
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, this step will lead to "direct clashes" with NATO.
Against the background of the aggravation of tension in relations between the two countries, hundreds of thousands of troops of the alliance forces have been put on high alert. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that there are one hundred thousand US troops in Europe and a contingent of 40,000 troops under the direct command of NATO. According to him, they are supported by large air and naval forces, including five carrier strike groups in the north and in the Mediterranean Sea.
Readers' comments
Straightawayboss
I think that Russia is a little short of generals.
PHE_man
This general needs to change his occupation and go into comedians…
Ground squirrel
So, in fact, Putin is now threatening half of the world. Poland is a member of NATO.
consensus
And I thought that the comedian was Zelensky!
ckrts
Wow, Russia is terrified of NATO. Absolutely terrified. That's why she's threatening nuclear war. I am very surprised how weak she is now. In a conventional war with NATO, it has no chance.
Dingley Del
The UN should have intervened when it all started, and then thousands of people would have survived.
Geoffht
And Putin would immediately use nuclear weapons.
I-M-H-O
Ha ha! The Russian army will not cope with Polish football hooligans either.
Gary...
Unfortunately, Russia "directly" borders Poland in the north, from the Russian territory called the Kaliningrad region, where they have a lot of ammunition, weapons, troops and a navy.
Donzmac73
I think that with what we are observing, everything will be fine with Poland.
sparky
Do the Russians know that their leadership is going to make sure that they are wiped off the face of the earth?
Mari Jones
Putin and his cronies are masters of threatening.
genegene
I think they will use nuclear weapons.
dumbbomb
That's how the Second World War began. History has a strange property of repeating itself.
KimCallow
Russia! You're not so cool anymore, are you? Just like my ex — one word and no action!
