Putin adviser warns Poland could be wiped out in days if war starts
Nikolai Patrushev, a senior Kremlin adviser, warned that Russia could eliminate Poland within two or three days if Warsaw launched a military attack.
In an interview with Argumenty i Fakty, Kremlin adviser Nikolai Patrushev warned that a Polish military offensive against Russia would be met with overwhelming force, resulting in the disappearance of the Polish state within two or three days. He said Moscow would use all available weapons and resources, and accused Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski of a "amateur" assessment of Russia's capabilities. Patrushev also dismissed any notion that Russia threatens Europe, claiming the president's statements on the matter are being ignored.
The comments came after Sikorski's trip to Kyiv, where he argued that NATO air power could cripple half of Russia's oil refineries even without U.S. participation. Patrushev, a close confidant of President Vladimir Putin and former head of the FSB, has previously played key roles in the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Ukraine. His statements underscore the heightened rhetoric surrounding NATO-Russia tensions in Eastern Europe.
How this story developed
- Aug 14 Russia claims strikes on Ukrainian rail hub and vessels as drones hit Russian ports
- Sep 12 Poland deployed a helicopter and raised its air‑defence alert following Russian drone attacks in western Ukraine.
- Sep 12 Kremlin invites Zelensky to Moscow for a possible meeting with Putin.
- Sep 13 Polish combat aircraft were ordered to operate in national airspace in the early hours of Saturday.
- Sep 13 A Russian drone struck a passenger train locomotive within two kilometres of the Poland‑Ukraine border, causing no casualties.
- Sep 14 Poland deployed a helicopter to patrol its airspace and issued civilian alerts following the drone attacks.
- Sep 14 A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK and Swedish leaders left the station, prompting condemnation from European officials.
- Sep 14 A train carrying former British prime minister Boris Johnson and other senior officials was reported to be near the drone strike.
- Sep 14 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced Ukraine had offered its allies to secure an agreement with Russia to end destruction of critical infrastructure.
- Sep 14 NATO pledged to increase military aid to Ukraine and reinforce its eastern flank.
- Sep 14 Kim Jong-un promised his “unwavering support” to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter, calling Russia’s war “sacred”.
- Sep 15 Report clarified that the damaged locomotive was intended to adjust wheelsets for differing track gauges.
- Sep 15 NATO Secretary General said the alliance will raise its aid to Ukraine.
- Sep 15 Poland began fortifying its border crossings with temporary sand‑filled blast walls and new observation posts at Dorohusk, Medyka and Korczowa.
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