Colonel Khodarenok: in the event of a war between Russia and NATO, Poland will be the primary target
The former deputy Minister of Defense of Poland, General Waldemar Skshipczak, called the Kaliningrad region of Russia an "occupied territory" and threatened that in the event of a war between NATO and Russia it would be liquidated. Rzeczpospolita writes about this. Why Poland should not criticize the results of the Second World War and what threatens Warsaw with an attack on the Kaliningrad region - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
If an armed conflict occurs between NATO and Russia, believes the former commander of the Polish Ground Forces, Lieutenant General Skshipchak, then the "Konigsberg" region "occupied" by Moscow will certainly be eliminated. The general of the Polish Army believes that Washington will not allow Moscow to continue to rule the region and deploy units and formations of its Armed Forces there.
To begin with, the brave Polish general should be reminded that in 1945 East Prussia was divided between the Soviet Union (the Kaliningrad Region became part of the Russian Federation) and the Polish People's Republic.
In this case, the lands "occupied" by Warsaw must be returned to their rightful owner, Germany. That is, the Polish commander is reviewing the results of the Berlin (Potsdam) conference of the leaders of the three allied powers - the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, which took place on July 17 - August 2, 1945. In other words, Waldemar Skshipchak demands to review the results of the Second World War.
But in this case, in addition to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland must return to Germany the native German lands east of the Oder and Neisse rivers (most of Pomerania, Eastern Brandenburg and Silesia), including the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk). That is, Wroclaw should turn into Breslau, Szczecin into Stettin, Svinoujscie into Svinemund.
If we are to review the results of the Second World War, then we must do it in full. And then the war will not be between Russia and NATO, but between Poland and Lithuania (Vilna will have to be returned to Warsaw) and Belarus (the western regions of the country). One can only imagine the reaction of the Belarusian father to such Polish proposals. In this case, Ukraine will have to return Galicia and the city of Lviv to Poland. And this is war again - now between Kiev and Warsaw. Still, the Polish general needs to think at least a little before voicing such proposals.
If an armed conflict occurs between NATO and Russia, then the Polish military commander, who believes that "Russia does not have the potential to conduct a military operation against a NATO member," should certainly keep in mind that this war will be exclusively of a nuclear missile nature (and no other). And in this case, the territory of Poland will be considered by Moscow as the object of a primary strike.
Only one missile launch of the Iskander tactical missile system with nuclear warheads of the 152nd Guards Missile Brest-Warsaw, Order of Lenin, Red Banner Order of Kutuzov brigade (permanent base - the city of Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region) is enough to demolish half of Poland. It seems that this is exactly what General Waldemar Skshipchak wants.
The opinion of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.
Biography of the author:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a military columnist for Gazeta.Ru", retired colonel.
He graduated from the Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Missile School (1976), the Military Air Defense Command Academy (1986).
Commander of the S-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980-1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986-1988).
Senior Officer of the General Staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
Officer of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff (1992-2000).
Graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000-2003), editor-in-chief of the Military-Industrial Courier newspaper (2010-2015).
Mikhail Khodarenok