Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that intelligence suggests Russia plans to conduct drone and missile attacks against countries supporting Ukraine.
Tusk outlined this assessment during a parliamentary address on Thursday, indicating that these attacks would aim to undermine NATO's collective response capabilities.
"According to intelligence assessments, Russia’s plan … includes hybrid drone and missile strikes against countries supporting Ukraine, including Poland," Tusk said.
European nations suspect Moscow of orchestrating recent sabotage incidents to pressure allies, particularly Germany, that are aiding Kyiv in its resistance against Russia’s full-scale invasion – a claim the Kremlin has strongly denied.
"These potential strikes would be quote-unquote ‘accidental’ in nature, intended to paralyse or at least weaken the resolve of NATO states to invoke the relevant NATO provisions in the event of aggression against a member country," Tusk added.
He did not specify which intelligence agencies provided the warning.
Furthermore, he suggested that such Russian attacks could coincide with "political changes in certain European countries granting power – or at least a powerful voice – to those who, increasingly invoking noble slogans of peace, pacifism and needless casualties, will call for peace – or rather, the total capitulation of Ukraine".
Tusk appeared to be referencing the rise of more Russia-friendly parties such as Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the National Rally in France.
Air raid near border with Poland
Earlier on Thursday, Poland reported scrambling military aircraft in response to a Russian attack in western Ukraine, near the Polish border.
Airports in Rzeszow and Lublin experienced temporary closures, and residents in two eastern Polish regions received air raid warnings. Local media reported that sirens sounded and that some schoolchildren sought shelter.
"Very close to the Polish border, not far from Dorohusk, a petrol station was most likely attacked again," Tusk stated.
On Sunday, a Russian drone struck a passenger train in Ukraine, approximately two kilometers (1.6 miles) from the Polish border.
Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that Poland was enhancing its airspace protection.
"We have increased F-16 and helicopter activity, and are reinforcing our air defence and rapid response systems," he posted on X.
Tusk indicated he would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday to discuss cooperation within the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition, a group of European nations developing an air defence system with Ukraine as a more affordable alternative to the US-made Patriot system.
