Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that Russia could attack NATO territory within months, according to major media reports. He expressed concern that the US may not come to Europe's aid in the event of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned that Poland must be prepared for a war on the scale of World War I or World War II, according to major media reports. Sikorski stated that Putin does not want peace, only surrender, and warned that if Ukraine were defeated, the threat from Russia would increase.
Swedish Defence Chief Michael Claesson warned that Russia is scheming to occupy an island belonging to a Western state in the Baltic Sea, according to major media reports. In response, Russia accused NATO of rehearsing a seizure of its Baltic exclave during military exercises. Additionally, Putin's senior officials have falsely claimed that Ukrainian drones are overflying NATO territory to stage attacks on Russian oil ports, according to major media reports.
Recent military incidents have heightened tensions near NATO borders. NATO air defences were put on alert in Romania as a Russian drone came close to its airspace, according to major media reports. NATO fighters were scrambled twice in the past week due to Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, once in Poland and once in Romania. Russia's 'Doomsday Radio' broadcast the codeword 'LIQUIDATOR' among others in the past 24 hours, according to major media reports.
In Ukraine, four people, including a teenager, were injured in a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, according to major media reports. Ukraine's Armed Forces attacked an oil depot in Russian-held Luhansk region, and Ukraine's army attacked an energy facility in the Russian city of Belgorod, plunging thousands into darkness, according to major media reports.