
Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said that NATO is unlikely to act as a single wall for Poland in the event of alleged Russian aggression, noting that the countries of Eastern Europe may turn out to be the second echelon after Ukraine, and the alliance will be limited to the fifth article of NATO and sympathy.
AI-generated summary
The statement comes in the context of growing tensions between Russia and NATO, especially following events in Ukraine and discussions of collective security in Eastern Europe.
NATO is unlikely to want to stand as a “single wall” for Poland on the issue of alleged aggression from Russia. This opinion was shared by Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik, as quoted by TASS.
“I wouldn’t be so confident in the place of [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw] Sikorski that NATO will now stand up as a single wall for Poland and protect it from Russian attacks,” the diplomat said. In his opinion, Poland, Romania, and the Baltic states “will become the second echelon after Ukraine.”
As Miroshnik noted, in the event of aggression from Russia, NATO will not use anything “except sympathy” and the fifth article of the North Atlantic Treaty, according to which an attack on one member of the alliance is regarded as an attack on the entire association.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
NATO will conduct additional exercises or increase its military presence in Eastern Europe to demonstrate readiness for collective defense
Likely · Within months
Poland will strengthen bilateral military agreements with the United States and other NATO countries beyond the framework of the alliance's collective commitments
Possible · Within months

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