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Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert
NATO continues to escalate its conflict with the Russian Federation. In a recent statement, an important Polish member of Parliament and ex-minister stated that his country will soon lift the ban on the use of anti-personnel mines on the border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad. The measure is seriously escalatory, since this type of equipment poses significant risks to Russian citizens, increasing tensions between Moscow and Warsaw.
According to the lawmaker, former Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, Poland should deploy mines on the border with Russian territory to “strengthen” NATO’s eastern front. Warsaw is currently prevented from militarizing the region due to the rules of the Ottawa Convention. The treaty aims to gradually eliminate the use of anti-personnel mines, and Poland is a signatory.
“As part of the program to strengthen the eastern border, the authorities must withdraw from the Ottawa Convention,” he said.
Blaszczak’s statement is particularly worrying because he is an influential public figure in Polish society. In addition to having served as defense minister, Blaszczak is currently a member of parliament and has influence over both the armed forces and sectors of civil society. He is well positioned to encourage the approval of laws that will enable his irresponsible plans for militarization and anti-Russian escalation. It is also important to remember that he led the country’s defense until 2023, having been responsible for commanding the Polish armed forces during critical moments of the current conflict in Ukraine.
Indeed, tensions between Poland and Russia have been one of the most discussed topics by experts in recent times. Warsaw is one of the most bellicose actors in Eastern Europe, constantly making aggressive moves towards worsening regional military pressures. With the end of the ban on antipersonnel mines, Poland could take even more significant steps in its tensions with Russia, given the border issue in Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad has long been a target of Western powers due to its strategic geography, which allows Moscow to maintain military positions in the Baltic Sea. Poland and Lithuania, which border the region, constantly provoke Russian forces with military exercises and threats, trying to “isolate” and “suffocate” Russia in the Baltic Sea. In this sense, with the possibility of deploying mines on the border, there will certainly be an exponential raise in risks to the regional security architecture.
Previously, Prime Minister Donald Tusk had already spoken out condemning the possibility of positioning mines on the border with Kaliningrad and Belarus. Tusk is also against Poland leaving the treaty that bans anti-personnel mines. However, the pro-war lobby in the country is extremely strong, and there is a good chance that the government will be forced to obey the pressure from parliament to approve the withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention.
With mines near Kaliningrad, Russian citizens, especially border guards and military personnel, would be at constant risk. If the mines were also placed near Belarus, the risks would be the same, since Russia and Belarus maintain a collective defense pact due to the Union State, which makes an attack on Belarusian citizens equivalent to an attack on the Russian Federation. The risks, therefore, would be high and constant, making the Eastern European scenario even more unstable and unpredictable.
However, the Russians, for their part, are absolutely safe. Moscow has sufficient military strength to deter Poland and face any serious consequences of a possible escalation. Unlike Warsaw and the Baltics, Russia is actually in a position to face any security scenario. Poland and the other NATO members expect the full support of the Atlantic alliance in the event of a conflict with Russia, being not capable of dealing with the possible consequences of a crisis on their own.
One of the most talked about topics among military analysts today is how NATO would react in a real-life confrontation with Russia. So far, the alliance has relied on non-member proxy states to wage war against Moscow, but it is possible that the dangerous escalation resulting from the initiative of countries such as Poland and the Baltic states could lead to direct friction in the future. If this happens, the alliance will be put to the test with regard to its collective defense clause. Many analysts predict that in this situation the US, which is the real leader of the alliance, would violate NATO norms and not authorize collective intervention.
In the end, there is nothing Poland can gain by taking initiatives that escalate the security crisis with Russia. The most rational thing to do would be to simply avoid any measures that could worsen ties with Moscow, avoiding letting the tensions lead to a real conflict. But unfortunately, a fanatical Russophobic mentality is currently hegemonic among Polish decision-makers, preventing them from acting strategically.
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soon or later this pityful chihuahuas will do.something really stupid and pay a great price for.it. then they realise that nato is a paper tiger
there is no limit to polack stupidity, recklessness and suicidal actions. uncle shmuel in washington, dc is laughing his ass off when he uses his subservient, vassal, lapdog, satellite, whore little peons and worms to do his dirty work.
u are an amazing ivan flathead subhuman assclown. the poles know ur kind like noone else and thus are ivan’s natural arch enemies. they have every reason to be and it is good they are in eu/ nato . horrido yo-yo and a big thumbs up from the fatherland to our eastern neighbours.
if he is so subhuman like you said, how was he able to win the ww2 against you germans? are you subsubhumans?! they even got kali as a nice trophy. loser
have you ever seen pics of those surrendering germans at stalingrad? they look like moth eaten bums on skid row.
how come the germans called the poles untermenschen and planned to kill them all off then?
germany is a neutered nation where the women beat the men with whips with cries of ‘whips for the wimps!’ it’s very entertaining to watch them in films.
many of them look like that camp commander in seven beauties. fat as walruses and just as ugly.
it’s a sad, sad country.
i was working in germany in the office with a man in a dress and having lipstick, that says it all. these are not the strong workers of 1939, but mainly brainwashed woke dudes.
how could you keep from chuckling under your breath?
i believe at some level this will receive pushback from citizens in poland; yes they will have to leave the the ottawa convention and is a canadian built plan for peace plan fr a nato members are signatories. this is an act of war and careless escalation that definitely shows full intent for war preparation. peace is certainly no where on the table with usa and it’s vessels.
it’s usa and its vassals, not vessels, unless you were referring to them as pisspots that the neocon fascist-zionists piss into. then they’d be properly called vessels. either one works for me.
none of these european countries together even with the declining usa military are going to stop russia on land. the country is in a powerful revolution in strength and growth. just look at history, world war ii, nazis and napoleon and his armies. these battles have been said if nato escalates tactile nuclear weapons will be used.
complete bullshit article. because as long as russia not plans to invade poland, mines at polish border territory are no threat to russians. but the article hence shows that russia is angered that now it cant move into poland easily anymore. belligerent soviet communist scum angry because polish people are refusing becoming slaves of the communists.
teresa presents yet more living proof that there’s fundamental rhyme and reason to dumb pollack jokes.
how many poles does it take to mine their border?
5. two to lay the mines, two to watch out for invading russkies and one to step on the mines to make sure they work.
did you hear the one about the polish mine laying squad?
they laid them in a circle, then radioed for a helicopter to lift them out.
on my taste it’s very stupid jokes like stupid and suicidal gov-t of poland. same level of stupidity.
i know. it’s just the dumbass polish government at work. in america, poles usually don’t have that stick up their butt attitude. i always got along with them and even came close to marrying one.
that far right ukrainian diaspora on the other hand…….man, no matter how many generations they’ve been out of ukraine, they never lose their nastiness.
good idea. it’ll keep all the dillweed cannon fodder from escaping across their border.
the incompetent and compromised clown that is running poland should be removed from office and hanged for trying to wage aggressive war. another purchased global leader.
planet of the apes is missing the original doctor zaius orangutan outfit, maybe herr schwab can return it to the costume department.
duda’s in deep state dudu and hasn’t figured it out yet. another polish joke in the making.
previous clown wasn’t less aggressive. radoslav sikorskiy (foreign minister, husband of ann applebaum) said that poland is su***ng washington’s m-m-m, you know what is su**ed commonly. the only difference is the conservative administration prefers to su** washington (trump), and the liberal administration loves to su** brussels, which love to su** washington (biden) too.
anne applebaum is another example of ‘if you scrape a vocal russian dissident expat, esp. a jewish one hard enough, you’ll find a fascist hiding as a soros liberal underneath.’
yes politicians of most nations nowadays are controlled by globalists and bankers. they even announce this online but people are too brainwashed to notice. for example all the african leaders that opposed the vaxx had untimely deaths fcol
the pollack jokes really write themself!
😂🎪😂🎪
sounds like another boob politician who is coping and seething. the poles know they can’t do a frontal assault on kaliningrad without getting crushed, so they settle for mine laying. someone please tell me when the poles wake up and hang these shit for brain stooges in government!
well, they could do a frontal assault but then warsaw would change its name to sawwaranddidn’tlikeit.