“The situation in Eastern Europe has become more tense since Poland said last week that NATO and Polish fighter jets had intercepted Russian drones that broke into its airspace.”According to the US Axios website, Romania was the second in a week to report that “Russian drones” had entered its airspace in a NATO country, and the Romanian Foreign Ministry called the Russian ambassador on 14 on the occasion of a protest. The Russian ambassador to Romania, Liepaev, said that Romania’s accusations were “unfounded”.On the day Poland announced that the country’s president had agreed to send NATO member states’ troops to Poland, as part of NATO’s “Eastern Guards” military operation.The new 15th Eastern Russian news agency, “the Ministry’s military organization said it
Romania and Britain summon Russian ambassadors
Romania said on Friday that a drone entered the Romanian airspace during a Russian military attack on infrastructure near the Ukrainian border. Romania urgently deployed two F-16 fighter jets and then deployed two European fighter jets. According to AFP, the Romanian Foreign Ministry called the Russian ambassador to Romania Lipayev on 14 on the matter.
European governments and EU politicians have accused Russia.The British government website released news on Friday that due to Russia's "unprecedented violation of NATO airspace", the British Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador, and Britain united with Poland, Romania, Ukraine and NATO allies, condemning Russia's "irresponsible actions."In addition, according to the US Axios website, European Commission President Von der Leyen said on social media that "Russia's invasion of Romanian airspace once again openly violated EU sovereignty", officials are working closely with "Romania and all other member states to protect EU territory."
Lipayev responded that the Rumanian accusations were fictitious and "unfounded."Lipayev said in a statement issued at the Russian embassy on the evening of 14th that "all facts suggest that it was a deliberate provocation by the Kiev regime," and that the Romanian side failed to "give a concrete and convincing response" to the questions raised by the Russian side.
The Russian Ministry of Defense immediately proposed to consult with Poland after the drone incident to discuss the drone issue and its technical characteristics. But five days passed and the Warsaw side still did not respond. They were either unwilling or afraid to discuss the truth of things. This actually indirectly proves the provocative nature of all events. The article believes that the entire drone issue turned out to be only needed by Europeans to escalate the situation. For this, they immediately launched the "Eastern Guards" operation.
Putin: NATO is at war with Russia
The Polish National Security Agency said on social media on Thursday that President Navalny has signed a resolution authorizing NATO member states to deploy troops to Poland as part of NATO’s Eastern Guards military operation.
According to the Times, Estonian Prime Minister Michael welcomed the Eastern Guard operation, calling it a "good news, despite the cause of the incident being bad." He also warned that Russia poses a "serious threat to the world," calling on NATO to start joint arms procurement and confiscate frozen Russian assets worth €200 billion to finance Ukraine's reconstruction.Lithuanian state television that Lithuanian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed NATO's new action to strengthen its eastern flank defenses on 15 and called it a "very effective measure" to deter Russia.
NATO press release showed that the participation in the “Eastern Guard” operation included two Danish F-16 fighters and one air defense escort ship, three French “Typhon” fighters, and four German “Typhon” fighters. The Belarusian “Roundpoint Network” said on 14th that the Czech Republic will also send several attack helicopters to Poland, while the Netherlands plans to provide two sets of “Patriot” air defense missile systems.
The Polish electoral newspaper recently praised the rapid reaction of NATO’s European partners, while criticizing the United States’ lack of military response so far. The German South German newspaper says that NATO is not yet prepared to respond to the conflict. In addition, Brussels is currently spreading a rather ironic suggestion: in the field of drone defense, NATO should join Ukraine, not Ukraine join NATO.
Russia’s news agency said in a commentary on the 15th that it suggested that NATO replace “Eastern Guards” with “Eastern Fear” (the difference between “Guards” and “Fear” in Russian is just one letter – editor’s note) and then call back Russia to respond very strongly to any provocation, which is the main guarantee of world peace.
The article argues that in Russia, NATO’s recent action is the naked assembly of hostile military forces in its border area. Europe wants to force Russia to react strongly to NATO’s vicious actions in the western border region, thus demanding that the United States initiate Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
The Russian media quoted military expert Koschkin as saying that the "Eastern Guards" operation is more like an information operation, and European countries hope to show the common people in Europe that they are forced to resist "aggressive" Russia. Koschkin believes that Europe is currently supporting each other around the topic of "jointly confronting Russia", and expects the confrontation in the information space to intensify further, European countries may continue to strengthen arms, military exercises will also increase, and the regional situation will continue to escalate. The Russian newspaper recently quoted Russian Federation Committee (Parliamentary) member Jabarov as saying that NATO's unclear military actions could lead to an unreasonable complication of NATO-Russia relations.
According to the Russian satellite news agency, Russian President's press secretary Peskov told reporters on Friday that NATO is actually at war with Russia, which is obvious, without the need for evidence, "NATO is providing indirect and direct support to the Kiev regime."
Belarus: U.S. delegation to see strategic exercises in Moorussia
In a recent interview with the German Times, Masala, a professor of international politics at the Federal Military University of Munich, said that NATO lacks political will to take harsh measures against Russia and that they are trying to avoid any form of overreaction.
Greece’s “Modern Diplomacy” website that the drone incident was a direct test of NATO’s solidarity and deterrence gestures. U.S. President Donald Trump slightly depreciated the matter. European diplomats described Washington’s initial reaction as “questionless” and “almost a silence.” For Washington, the case highlighted the growing gap between European expectations and U.S. priorities in a turbulent and uncertain security environment. German officials believe that the U.S. position as a reliable partner to NATO is becoming increasingly uncertain.
“While the dangers ahead seem to have been controlled, the drone incidents could change NATO’s strategy in the coming months,” the Modern Diplomacy article said, “Poland has triggered Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and the consultations could lead to NATO’s new deployment, or adjust its deterrent strategy on its eastern wing. This would push Washington to take a harder stance on Moscow, or further drive the United States away from its security commitments to Europe, which is currently difficult to predict. But it can be assured that the drone wave is a major event in recent transatlantic relations and will affect future political, military and diplomatic dialogue.”
At the time of NATO’s launch of the Eastern Guard operation, Russia is holding a joint strategic exercise “West 2025” with Belarus. It is interesting to note that according to Russian news agency reports, the Belarusian Ministry of Defence on 15th that the exercise took place on a training site in the White Territory, with a total of 23 representative observation exercises including the United States, Turkey and Hungary, three NATO member states.
According to Reuters, the White Defense Department described the U.S. military observation exercise as an unexpected visit, “Who can imagine how the morning of the new day of the ‘West 2025’ exercise started?” the department released a video showing two U.S. officers in uniforms thanking White Defense Secretary Hellenin for the invitation and shaking hands with him.