“The Russians have already seen the weakness of NATO”: what blows the Kremlin can take next

Putin resorts to provocations, testing NATO’s readiness to respond. The reaction to a Russian missile crossing Polish airspace may motivate the Kremlin to take further action.

About this 24 Channelsaid international political scientist Ruslan Osipenko, noting that the missile flight over Poland demonstrated that the Alliance is not ready to respond with practical actions.

What are Russia's conclusions on NATO

Osipenko noted that in such a situation Poland does not make the decision itself. After all, NATO, from the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, was worried about preventing the Alliance from colliding with Moscow, otherwise there would be a nuclear conflict.

Therefore, according to him, in Poland and did not take drastic action in response to the Russian missile overflight. However, both Moscow and Brussels draw conclusions on such situations.

Moscow draws conclusions that NATO is not physically ready for a clash, the political scientist said -internationalist.

Therefore, he added, the Kremlin understands that it can carry out some kind of instant or hybrid operations against the North Atlantic Alliance. And the Russians will choose the weakest point and continue provocations.

How Russia will react to NATO's indecisiveness

The international political scientist noted that the North Atlantic Alliance has already demonstrated that it is not ready to respond to such situations with practical actions.

If you are not ready to answer yourself, give Ukraine everything so that it will answer, said Osipenko.

Also, according to him, the West should lift all restrictions, in particular , regarding allied weapons strikes on Russian territory. And, of course, provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons and financial assistance.

After all, the international political scientist added, NATO’s insolvency or unwillingness to give Russia a decisive response is only motivate the Kremlin. Because Putin, like an animal, senses weaknesses and this is where he will direct his further attacks.

Russian missile over Poland: what is known

• During another massive Russian shelling of Ukrainian territory, which took place on December 29, 2023, an enemy missile violated the air border of Poland. Local law enforcement officers began searching for its wreckage.
• Commenting on this incident, the speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuri Ignat recalled that this is not the first time such falls of unknown air objects during Russian attacks have been recorded . He emphasized that this is another signal for our partners to strengthen Ukraine with air defense systems. F-16. She took such a step to protect her airspace.