Radosław Sikorski in CNN about possible provocations of Russia. "We must be prepared for this."

In an interview with CNN on the eve of the NATO summit in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Head of MFA Radosław Sikorski refers to his earlier statements informing about possible provocations of Russia to Poland. He estimated that Russia did not have the strength to attack NATO frontally, and if it intended to, it would be evident from the movements of her troops. However, he added that it was possible, for example, to "operation under a false flag".

- I'm sorry. What they're capable of, It's any kind of provocation with a fake flag and drones. - possibly Ukrainian drones - and then pretending to respond to our false, non-existent attack - he said. - They play games like this, We should be prepared for this.. We gotta tell them, and that is what we do, that we know that they are heading for nothing good - he added.

Sikorski about possible provocations of Russia. "We must be prepared for this."

The head of Polish diplomacy reminded the warnings of the 2022 U.S. intelligence that Russia was preparing provocations to give casus belli to invade Ukraine. "This stopped the Russians from actually doing it (fabricating a fake pretext - ed.)", said Sikorski. - I'm sorry. So I hope these warnings mean Putin won't press the trigger button. - added.

At the same time, the head of Polish diplomacy assured that Warsaw inactive trusts American safety guarantees and demands the second (after the base in Redzikow) permanent U.S. base in Poland, even though - as he added - Further reductions of US troops in Europe "clearly coming".

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When asked if it is possible to show NATO unity in Ankara erstwhile the president of the United States publically attacks allied leaders of states, Sikorski replied that "you can argue about spending levels and inactive be good allies".

He argued that Alliance "is stronger than erstwhile Russia attacked Ukraine", pointing to the entry of Finland and Sweden and the leap in European defence spending, partially under force from president Trump.

Head of the MFA on American troops in Poland: We have and ask for more

The interviewer asked straight whether Poland shared the doubts expressed in Europe about the credibility of the American safety guarantees.

- Yes, we have assurance - Sikorski replied. - I'm sorry. We have American troops on our land and we ask for more, including the second fixed base. We already have a rocket defence base that mainly protects America, but besides Europe," he added.

To argue that any allies complain about the deficiency of concrete benefits in exchange for rising expenditures, Sikorski answered with a question: - If anyone truly thinks that they trust the U.S. less, they should spend more on defense, don't you think??

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Referring to the announcements by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of further reductions in American presence in Europe, Sikorski acknowledged that "reductions are clearly coming", and the United States "require more conventional capabilities from us in Europe" - while they themselves claim to be "cavalry from behind the hill".

He noted that Even erstwhile the U.S. troops moved to another regions, Europe will proceed to benefit from the US presence and support, including logistics or intelligence.

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