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Russia’s War in Ukraine Threatens Entire Euro-Atlantic Security Order, Poland’s Nawrocki Says
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki said that Russia’s war against Ukraine represents a direct challenge to the entire Euro-Atlantic security order, warning that Moscow’s revisionist policies are reshaping the security landscape in Europe.
Speaking at the opening of the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit in Bucharest, Nawrocki said the format was created amid early warnings about Russia’s long-term strategic intentions, according to The Guardian on May 13.
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“We warned that Russia’s revisionism was not temporary; we warned that imperial thinking had returned to Europe, and that deterrence could not exist only on paper. Today, nobody can say they were not warned,” Nawrocki stated.
He stressed that Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine should not be viewed as an isolated conflict, but rather as “a direct challenge to the entire Euro-Atlantic security order.”
Nawrocki called on NATO allies to send a clear message of unity and readiness, saying the alliance must demonstrate both political resolve and military capability.
He further added that the meeting should strengthen NATO’s forward defense posture and demonstrate its ability to deter aggression across all allied borders.
Concluding his remarks, Nawrocki expressed strong support for Ukraine while emphasizing accountability for the origins of the war.
“There should be no doubt as to who launched this brutal war. We must also remain fully aware of the role played by Belarus, which continues to support Russia’s war effort and enables hostile hybrid activities to be launched from its territory against NATO allies and partners,” he said.
“We must collectively make sure that if a peace is to be reached just east of our borders, it has to be just. The nations represented in this room understand, perhaps better than anyone, the cost of complacency. We know what happens when aggression is underestimated and when democratic nations hesitate,” the president added.
At the same time, Poland is set to expand the testing of its domestically developed military equipment, including unmanned systems, by evaluating selected systems under real combat conditions in Ukraine, according to Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk.
Speaking to the Polish Press Agency, Tomczyk said that Polish-made weapons should not be limited to domestic training ranges, but ultimately require battlefield validation.
“This is the real picture of what works and what does not,” he said.
He added that Ukraine offers a unique operational environment for such assessments due to the scale and intensity of ongoing hostilities and the presence of a conventional adversary, providing data that cannot be replicated during standard exercises in Poland.
Tomczyk noted that equipment would first undergo full testing domestically before being transferred to Ukraine for combat evaluation.
Recently, the Polish Prosecutor’s Office has indicted five members of an organized criminal syndicate suspected of executing sabotage operations directed by Russian intelligence services.
The suspects are accused of planning and carrying out arson attacks, specifically targeting an OBI store in Warsaw in April 2024, an IKEA location in Vilnius, and a Warsaw shopping mall in May 2024. RMF reported that authorities have formally classified these incidents as acts of terrorism.
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