Western military preparations and plans to send servicemen to Ukraine risk direct confrontation, says Russia\u2019s envoy to the OSCE<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Russia will not sit by idly as NATO builds up a military presence near its borders and prepares to send troops into Ukraine, Moscow\u2019s envoy to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, has warned.
\nSpeaking at the organization\u2019s Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, Polyansky said European powers were laying the groundwork for a direct military confrontation with Russia by putting industries on a war footing, upgrading troop transport infrastructure and expanding weapons production near its territory.
\nHe said plans by the Western-backed \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d to station troops in Ukraine amounted to preparations for an intervention and an inevitable clash with Russia.
\n\u201cWhy do European politicians believe that we will watch all this and sit idly by?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
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Polyansky pointed to drone factories being built in the Baltic states, including a plant in Latvia near the Russian and Belarusian borders, and new military transport corridors in Scandinavia.
\nNATO is also developing an automated defense network along its eastern flank, equipped with surveillance systems, robotic platforms and counter-drone weapons. The network, which he said will use technology from Palantir, a US surveillance and data analytics company with major military and intelligence contracts, is due to be completed by late 2027.
\nThe diplomat also cited Western military plans to strike targets deep inside Russia, including bases, weapons factories and infrastructure. He also mentioned statements by Polish and Finnish commanders about attacking Russian territory.
\nResponding to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s claim that Russia understands only the \u201clanguage of force,\u201d Polyansky warned that such an approach would \u201cinevitably rebound in the other direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He also warned Poland against \u201cplaying with fire\u201d after Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that \u201cthe Baltic Sea is becoming a Polish sea.\u201d
\n\u201cI hope Europe remembers that threats to our border regions, as well as the appearance of foreign troops in Ukraine, will receive the most decisive military response,\u201d Polyansky said.
\nBeyond plans to send troops, the envoy said European governments were prolonging the Ukraine conflict by continuing to arm Kiev. He argued that Vladimir Zelensky and his European backers wanted a ceasefire to \u201ccatch their breath, lick their wounds, rearm and resume the war against Russia.\u201d
\nPolyansky contrasted Europe\u2019s position with the latest Russian-US talks in Abu Dhabi, where the two sides discussed both the Ukraine conflict and the wider European security order. \u00a0
\nMoscow remains ready to negotiate a new security framework based on \u201cequal and indivisible security\u201d and mutual respect for national interests, including those of Russia and Ukraine, Polyansky said. However, he stressed that Russia would accept no \u201cbreathing spaces\u201d or \u201cceasefires\u201d designed to give Kiev time to rearm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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