Since the second stage of the Ukraine-Russia war, there were already certain ideas about Poland joining the war. Today, a missile fired by Russia into Ukraine hit the territory of Poland, resulting in the death of several civilians, making the issue even more serious.
Speaking to Ednews about the incident, Ukrainian political expert Vitaliy Yarmolenko said that it is impossible to remain silent about what happened.
"Russia was trying to destroy Ukraine's energy infrastructure with a large cluster missile attack. In this merciless attack, the objects in the west of Ukraine, including the places located in the regions adjacent to the border with Poland, were also hit.
It does not seem to be a coincidence that the strike was carried out on the border of the state neighbouring Ukraine. In addition, the launched missile fell right next to the power line that ensures the exchange of electricity between Ukraine and the EU. So the odds are more likely that it was a deliberate target. At the same time, At the same time one may rightfully argue that with such an act Russia could have sought to test NATO reaction. Russia's manner of uncovering West's red lines was appearently hybrid and quite provocative. The actual incident might not be an excluclusion."
V. Yarmolenko also made a statement about how Poland will react to this step. He said that Poland is aware that this is a provocative attack and does not intend to join the conflict.
"Poland is not about to join the conflict. Neither the Article 5 of the Washington treaty may be actived any soon. Poland and NATO do not seem to be prepared to backfire against Russia overtly for this stage of the Russian agression. They would be rather inclined to mitigate the situation. Although Russia's escalation tactics could also gain an accumulative effect that sooner or later scale the conflict."
The expert also touched on the consequence of this attack. "I believe, the situation will push the West to provide additional Air defence and anti-ballistic systems for Ukraine. Although one may not anticipate the incident incuring any changes for current weapon supply policy for Ukraine".
By Elnur Anvaroglu
