Russia has once again renewed its threats to the West as they warned they will “smash” Poland if it intervenes in the conflict in Ukraine.
Several high-profile Russian figures, including State Duma Deputy General Vladimir Shamanov, have issued warnings after Warsaw proposed a UN peacekeeping mission that would involve 10,000 troops being sent to Ukraine.
The Polish Ministry of Defense plans for the peacekeeping mission in question, which were reportedly leaked to the news site onet.pl, have sparked fury in Russia following their warning that any country that interferes in their war will suffer dire consequences.
“The time has come for the country’s leadership to say specifically there are borders, and just try, Poles, to poke your head here even 10 meters,” Shamanov said before warning of a “full scheme” response involving the use of hypersonic missiles.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov warned that a NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine would lead to “direct clashes” with Russia.
Blasting Poland’s proposal was also former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev who called Polish authorities “imbeciles” and accused them of spreading “vulgar” anti-Russian propaganda.
Threatening Poland and NATO with nuclear war was also Russian state TV, whereas a Kremlin mouthpiece said:
“We have to tell EU a simple thing. ‘You will get a nuclear strike on the territory of Europe if you are going to create a NATO peacekeeping mission, if you want to let it intervene, yes there will be a nuclear war.’
“So, courageous Poles, of your Warsaw there will remain nothing after two seconds. Courageous Germans, courageous Estonians, courageous Baltic people … They don’t understand that we can deal with them faster than with Ukraine.”
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