Robert Kościelny: Financial Gazette: ‘Is NATO's east flank a blow?’ “NATO boasts of the CEPS pipeline system, but its scope ends in Germany. Poland and allies to the east stay outside the fuel “blood”. Reports show that intensive combat activities would rapidly run out of reserves, and rail and road transport would neglect to meet the task. The construction of the fresh EEPS pipeline is costly, delayed and subject to risk. This makes the east flank of NATO look more like a declaration than a real force.”