“They will become a legitimate target”: Russia threatens to strike NATO nuclear facilities in Poland

“The relevant objects will definitely be targeted”

Russia has once again resorted to threats due to an alleged threat from the North Atlantic Alliance . The indignation of the Russian authorities was caused by the latest discussions on the deployment of NATO nuclear facilities on Polish territory. However, propagandists clearly didn’t like this idea too much.

All those politicians who are now, for their own reasons, enthusiastically discussing such a scheme in Poland and abroad must understand: shifts in this direction will not add security to Poland, and the corresponding objects will definitely become a target. And in our military planning they will be in the foreground,” said Russian diplomat Ryabkov.

According to him, the expansion of NATO’s nuclear mission allegedly has a “destabilizing and threatening” nature. At the same time, as the diplomat noted, the approach of the Alliance’s nuclear weapons to Russia’s borders exacerbates the threat to Moscow. He called the discussion about the deployment of NATO nuclear facilities in Poland “an evolving story,” which the aggressor country will continue to monitor.

What this was preceded by

• Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the deployment of nuclear weapons in his country has been the subject of Polish-American negotiations for some time. In particular, he recalled that Russia is militarizing the Königsberg area and has moved nuclear weapons to Belarus.
• The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the statements of the Polish leadership provocative. Thus, she began to declare Poland’s “ambitions” to “as if to cling tighter to the US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe.”
• According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the Alliance has so far there are no plans to deploy nuclear weapons in other countries. He stated this during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
• Polish President Andrzej Duda announced a meeting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He hopes to discuss the deployment of nuclear weapons in Poland. This will be possible under the NATO Nuclear Sharing program.