[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/drones-poland-post-alaska-escalation-russia-analysishttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/10/russia-putin-provoking-west-consequencesPutin attacked Poland with drones launched from Belarus.

[rms@mastodon.xyz]

[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/drones-poland-post-alaska-escalation-russia-analysis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/10/russia-putin-provoking-west-consequences

Putin attacked Poland with drones launched from Belarus. *Russia is brazenly provoking the west. Putin must be left in no doubt of the consequences.* I can't see what Putin hopes to achieve by that. The natural result would be that Polish and NATO forces prepare for war, and that will not be

[rms@mastodon.xyz]

[2/2] convenient for whatever Putin wants to do. NATO troops might to to Poland to help. Nothing requires them to be limited to air defense forces. Since Belarus has attacked Poland, it would be legitimate to respond by counterattacking Belarus. Is that a good idea? Do Belarusian troops feel like fighting to maintain the tyrant Lukashenko's rule, or would they eagerly surrender to get rid of him? I don't know.

[77nn@goto.77nn.it]

@rms Putin probably wants to divide Europe countries one from another and also inside. He knows that a lot of countries face extreme polarisation of internal consensus. He will be able to win anything against democratic countries, since he knows the knobs and levers of this game.