Guests of the program "Presidents and Prime Ministers“ They commented on the fresh increase Russian provocations in NATO territory. erstwhile Prime Minister Leszek Miller noted that they are "very dangerous".
– Fortunately, nothing so dangerous has happened yet, but any specified incidental can turn into something more serious and Better not tempt fate. The Russians should know that this won't do them any good – he said.
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In consequence to the question of what he felt was meant by “the temptation of fate” he replied: “Do not provoke simply due to the fact that This could end badly for everyone..
He added that if the Russians' only goal was to test NATO's response, they'd already met her. “These things can cross the border at any point, after which they are already truly dangerous,” stressed the head of the government from 2001 to 2004.
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Former president Bronisław Komorowski, referring to the proposal of the Minister of Defence of Lithuania Dovilė Sakalienė concerning the anticipation of shooting down Russian aircraft violating NATO airspace, recalled events from years ago.
- Okay, so Russia would know and rememberthat this was already the case erstwhile it was a associate of the Alliance – Turkey – shot down a Russian military aircraft, which has clearly breached its airspace," he stressed.
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He added that specified measures are possible today, but they require peculiar care. It's good that Russia knows, too, I thought it might happen again., only that you must always be very careful, due to the fact that here any mistake can be a real burden in effect," he said. According to him, Moscow is now clearly provoking both in military and political terms.
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Former Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak pointed out that Russian actions are besides of a nature misinformation. "In parallel with the drone attack, respective 100 1000 different kinds of information flew into our infosphere to redirect emotions to anger, to undermine assurance in institutions, it was besides aimed at the politicians arguing here and worth paying attention to – he added.
Russian provocations in NATO territory. 2 violations of 1 day
On Friday, Russia breached NATO airspace respective times. First three Russian MIG-31 fighters They've invaded the territory. Estoniaand then 2 planes made a low flight over the platform Petrobaltic au the Baltic Sea, breaching the safety zone.
The Estonian MFA called on the incumbent chargé d’affaires of the Russian Federation to make a protest and diplomatic note on the breach of airspace. – Russia has already breached Estonian airspace 4 times This year, which in itself is unacceptable – said the head of the Ministry Margus Tsahkna.
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– Today's invasion, erstwhile 3 fighters flew into our airspace, is unprecedented and highly violent – he added, as quoted by the LRT. According to a typical of the Estonian Government, "the expanding attempts to test borders by Russia and the expanding aggression must meet with fast intensifying of political and economical pressures".
Following the breach of Estonian airspace by Russian fighters, Estonia requested launch Article 4 NATO. ‘The Alliance's consequence was fast and decisive“ Mark Rutte stressed.
