Russia can usage seized Ukrainian drones for operations under the false flag against the infrastructure of the Baltic States. The Lithuanian defence minister Robertas Kaunas warned against this. For Poland, it is simply a signal that the defence of the east flank of NATO must besides include opposition to sabotage, misinformation and attempts to quarrel allies.
Vilnius indicates a possible script of provocation
Lithuanian defence minister Robertas Kaunas reported that Russia may consider an operation under a false flag utilizing a Ukrainian drone. According to his statements to the media, the mark could be critical infrastructure in the Baltic States. specified an incidental would be presented as an act of Ukraine in order to make distrust in NATO and weaken the assistance given to Kiev.
According to Reuters, Kaunas spoke of information collected by Lithuanian intelligence. However, the Minister has not announced that the date or place of the alleged operation is known. This is simply a informing against the script under consideration, not a message about a confirmed attack. This difference matters due to the fact that the resilience of the state requires vigilance without panic.
Critical infrastructure on the front line
Vilnius's fears did not appear in the vacuum. In July, the Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda reported that intelligence assessments indicate the hazard of limited action against critical infrastructure of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia or Poland. In an interview with the Lithuanian BNS agency, he pointed out that no circumstantial place or time was indicated. Russia rejected these allegations.
Lithuania maintains enhanced protection of selected facilities, including the liquefied natural gas terminal. Kaunas stressed earlier in his conversation with the LRT that measures are preventive and do not mean raising the level of direct threat. According to the Lithuanian public broadcaster, soldiers and equipment were directed to defend the most crucial facilities.
The false flag is about to strike trust
The mechanics of specified provocation is clear. The physical incidental itself would only be the beginning. It would then launch the fight to identify the perpetrator and, together with it, the information force to divide the countries supporting Ukraine. In this scenario, seized or staged Ukrainian equipment would service as a tool for manipulation.
Therefore, any public accountability assessment must be based on examining debris, radar data, flight records and service arrangements. A rash accusation would be a gift to the authors of provocation. Equally dangerous would be the political sweeping of warnings under the carpet for fear of a firm reaction.
Poland must defend the state's borders and resilience
Poland lies on the same east flank of NATO as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Our safety depends on efficient air defense, energy networks, railways, ports and logistics hubs. Clear post-accident communication procedures are besides needed to guarantee that the public receives information rapidly confirmed by the state.
Allied solidarity does not release Warsaw from its own responsibility. Poland must have the ability to detect a drone, safe the scene and supply reliable evidence to partners and citizens. The Kremlin uses all gap between fact and information chaos. The national interest requires that there be no gap.
The informing from Vilnius must be taken seriously, but precisely. There is no reason to announce that the attack is doomed. There are grounds for hard preparation of the state. For Poles, infrastructure security, continuity of energy supply and the ability to measure events independently before another people's propaganda imposes its own version.
Source: Interia Events
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