Such actions were taken after the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that Moscow appears ready to intensify its campaign against Ukraine’s border with European countries.
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Ukraine is under increasing pressure due to an intensified Russian air campaign, which uses ballistic missiles and jet drones to break through defenses.
“The coming weeks and months will be a time of very intensified Russian actions and, unfortunately, we cannot rule out the possibility that this escalation will also affect our territory,” Tusk said on Sunday after a government security briefing in Warsaw. He issued a similar warning on Thursday.
Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Monday in a post on the social network “X” that the Polish army found what is believed to be a Russian military drone in the Baltic Sea near Jaroslawiec.
Polish officials said intelligence reports, including last week’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) briefing, indicate that Russia is likely to attack border points and intensify sabotage actions in European countries to deter partners from supporting Ukraine.
Tusk said he would consult with NATO allies on preparations for a possible joint response.
NATO advantage
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski emphasized the Alliance’s military advantage on social media, stating that in the event of Russian aggression against NATO, European NATO air forces, without US involvement, would be able to destroy half of Russia’s oil refineries faster than Ukraine.
Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk called Sunday’s drone strikes a serious Russian escalation.
On Monday, he told TVN24 that any impact on European countries could manifest as sabotage or a sudden intensification of hybrid warfare “on a scale we have not yet seen,” or other actions near NATO borders.
These warnings came after a strike was carried out on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border on Sunday. The attack occurred shortly after a diplomatic delegation, including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, passed through the same station, reported the Ukrainian state railway operator.
A second strike hit an area near another Poland-Ukraine border control point.
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that the drone attacks near the Polish border are “clearly intended to scare Western countries into not supporting Ukraine.”
“We must show that we stand united with Ukraine and that we are not afraid,” she said.
Donald Trump’s calls
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked on Monday about the train strike near the Polish border, said that Russian forces operate “throughout the territory of Ukraine and continue to do so and will do so.”
Peskov pointed to the possible role of Global South countries in seeking an agreement, saying that “any country can use its influence on the Kyiv regime and encourage it to show greater flexibility.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during recent meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who discussed Ukraine with them, expressed readiness to help mediate an agreement, Peskov said.
The Kremlin also commented on US President Donald Trump’s call for Ukraine to stop strikes on Russian diesel production facilities, saying that “any call for the Kyiv regime to cease strikes on civilian economic infrastructure can only be welcomed.”
Trump on Sunday urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, claiming that these attacks, not his war in Iran, are causing the global fuel shortage.
He spoke about this after diesel prices in the US reached a record high on Friday, exceeding an average of $6 per gallon.
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