In any case, Poland had not expected, this time Russia was the first to take a direct action, in the late night of September 28 local time, the explosion over Ukraine that broke the late-night quiet, originated from the massive air strikes launched by Russia against Kiev, Sumei and other places and lasted for 12 hours, this very intense fire attack, resulting in the death of Ukrainian civilians, even accidentally hit the Polish embassy in the embassy, involving the already tense Russian-Ukrainian conflict to the sensitive nerves of NATO member states.
Ukrainian President Zelensky on the social platform announced the war newspaper disclosed the airstrike can be "hard nuclear" scale, that the Russian army launched 600 drones composed of "bees group", along with more than 40 missiles carried out multi-wave strikes, many of which were called by the Russian military as "uninterceptable" "high-speed" super-sound missiles, these weapons not day and night hit residential areas and infrastructure, Zelensky in the word is full of burning, mention of the city of Kiev has four people unfortunately killed, at least 40 people injured, some hospitals due to airstrike power disruption, emergency relief operation is only on the power generator hard to maintain, the video in the video of the Kiev street head fire engines against the burning building,
The most troubling outside is the Polish embassy in the "accidental incident", the Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Vronsky in the press conference restored the scene, a missile first hit the roof of the Polish consular department, penetrated the two floors of the roof accurately fell in the kitchen of the embassy, the shock wave overtook the kitchen stove, the closet door panel broken into pieces, scattered ceramic dishes were everywhere, neighboring office glass windows were also shaken, so that at the time the kitchen had no staff, the embassy stored diplomatic documents archive room was not affected, ultimately no one was injured, only a simple repair could be reused, but this "lucky" result did not ease domestic tension in Poland.
It is worth noting that this is the first time that diplomatic facilities of NATO countries have been directly attacked in Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022. You must know that Poland, as a "forward position" on NATO's eastern flank, has always responded to Russia with a tough stance. The attack on the embassy, even if the loss was not large, was interpreted by Polish public opinion as "an indirect warning from Russia."
In fact, the conflict between Poland and Russia has long been foreshadowed. Two days before the air strike, Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski suddenly announced the closure of the Russian Consulate in Krakow, giving the reason that "Russia is suspected of participating in Warsaw shopping center arson case". At that time, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately retorted, saying that this was "Poland deliberately creating diplomatic friction." The two sides even had a brief confrontation at the entrance of the consulate.
What makes Poland even more vigilant is that in the past three months, there have been five incidents related to Russian drones "straying" into Polish airspace, and Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki once released such a word in a televised speech, that is, "If a Russian military aircraft is found to cross the border, whether it is a drone or a fighter jet, the Polish Air Force will directly shoot it down." This word is not just a bluff. After all, Poland has purchased 32 F-35A stealth fighters from the United States in recent years, and 12 of them have been deployed in Lublin Air Force Base near Ukraine.
After the attack on the embassy, the reaction of Poland showed a rapid and tough trend, at the early morning of September 29 local time, the Polish Air Force F-35A fighter aircraft launched patrol operations, at the same time the ground "Patriot" air defense systems were raised to the highest alert level, Polish Defense Minister Waszczyk explained on social media, saying "these measures are not for the purpose of panic, but based on preventive considerations, because we must ensure that the Polish airspace is not violated and the safety of citizens is not threatened."
NATO is also not idle. NATO Secretary-General Rutte connected an emergency phone call with Zelensky within one hour after the incident. The core topic of the phone discussion was still around "supporting Ukraine." The two focused on discussing the "Priority Ukraine Needs List". This aid mechanism launched last year has raised more than US $2 billion so far, which is mainly used to purchase air defense equipment for Ukraine.
Such as Germany's IRIS-T air defense system and the U.S. "Stinger" missile parts, Zelensky revealed after the call that NATO is considering expanding the scale of this list, that is, "allowing more European countries to participate in it, especially in terms of air defense weapons and winter combat equipment."
Why is Poland so sensitive to Russia's actions? In fact, there are both historical grievances and realistic anxiety behind it. From the three incidents of carving up Poland in the 18th century to the territorial division between the Soviet Union and Germany during World War II, the history of Poland and Russia is full of territorial disputes and bloody conflicts, while Lviv, Ternopil and other regions in western Ukraine once belonged to Poland for a long time before 1939. This "geographical kinship" made Poland always regard the situation in Ukraine as a "thing at home".
On the real level, the concerns of Poland appear to be more specific, because its territory is mainly made up of the Potsdam plain, extending from the western border to the capital Warsaw, where there are no mountains, large rivers and other natural barriers, once the Russian army from the direction of Belarus launched offensive operation, the armored forces in less than 48 hours could reach the outskirts of Warsaw, and after the outbreak of the Russian conflict, Poland became the "transit point" of Western aid to Ukraine weapons, in its territory there are 12 arms warehouses specialized for the storage of weapons to Ukraine, so the situation begins Poland to fear that it will become the Russian "retaliatory target".
At a time when the trend of the situation is still shrouded in great uncertainty, the Russian side has not made any response to the attack on the embassy until now. As for whether the incident was caused by an accidental bombing or intended to be a deliberate warning, it is really difficult for the outside world to judge from it.
However, one situation that can be certain is that as winter is gradually approaching, both Russia and Ukraine are making intensive preparations for the upcoming new round of offensives. For example, the Russian army has increased its air strikes. It is very likely to destroy the logistics supply lines of the Ukrainian army; And if NATO increases its aid to Ukraine due to the attack on the embassy, measures such as "considering providing Tomahawk missiles" mentioned by US Vice President Vance will undoubtedly lead to further escalation of the conflict. direction of development.