Incidents in the Baltic Sea with the participation of Russian military aircraft, the provocations from Russia, whose purpose is to divide NATO before the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw – rated Antoni Macierewicz.
– Looking at the history of behavior, first the Soviet Union and now the Russian Federation, I would say that this is a routine activity of Russian. When approaching some important events, they can be taken some important decisions – particularly those that reinforce the defensive character of the NATO countries, including Polish – then Russia starts the action provocative, designed to divide NATO, divide public opinion, to create differences in the behavior of journalists, to strengthen those journalists who would like to stand on the side of Russia, gain resonance within the country to be under pressure – said Macierewicz reporters after a meeting of defense ministers of the EU in Luxembourg.
He added that NATO must realize that it was “aware of the mode of action of Russia.”
According to Macierewicz incident, which occurred last week in the Baltic Sea, will take place on Wednesday, NATO-Russia Council, held at the ambassadorial level for the first time since 2014. The minister, that this meeting “is to have a technical nature associated with avoiding risks caused by provocative actions.”
– certainly Russia is a partner in this field, in which you need to determine that no more such provocations with which we had to do, did not take place and that has been very precisely formulated rules, which are intended to prevent that these provocations could be used as political pressure or transformed into something more serious – said Macierewicz.
He pointed out that recent incidents took place on the same Polish borders. – We are interested in to them forever eliminated – said the head of the Defense Ministry.
Incidents in the Baltic Sea
Last week, the Russian aircraft Su-24 flew 20 times the destroyer USS Donald Cook located in international waters in the Baltic Sea. On board the ship was a Polish helicopter. The incident occurred in international waters in the distance of 70 nautical miles (approx. 130 km) from Kaliningrad. USS Donald Cook came out on April 11 from the port of Gdynia.
On Sunday US command of the armed forces in Europe reported that the plane RC-135 during a routine flight in international airspace over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by Russian fighter su-27, which is dangerously close to the machine and “made unpredictable and aggressive maneuvers.”
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Blended threats
Macierewicz also informed that one of the main topics of discussion defense ministers of the EU countries with the participation of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg were called. blended threats and the way answers. The discussion on this topic was the European Commission’s communication, developed by the services of the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner. Internal Market Elizabeth Bieńkowska. In this document, the EC proposed that consideration be given the possibility of an EU mutual defense clause in the event of a severe attack of a hybrid.
According to Macierewicz, discussion ministers showed awareness of how serious can be blended threats.
– these threats are the beginning, the initial phase of open war (…) first, propaganda is aimed to soften the wish to defend the state, then we are dealing with the activities of sabotage, including terror, then the “green ludzikami” and blended threats, and then enter armored divisions – said Macierewicz.
He said that NATO Secretary General outlined the draft position to be adopted at the July NATO summit in Warsaw and also refers to blended threats and joint action in the face of such threats.
According to the minister in the event of a serious threat of a hybrid EU should launch a solidarity clause.
in the message about the dangers of hybrid for the first time the EU formulated a definition of this type of threat. Their strength has highlighted mainly the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the methods used in the conflict by Russia.
This term refers to “a combination of action, combining common methods of conventional and unconventional military and non-military, open or latent, which can They are used in a coordinated manner by the state and non-state “. These are not formal declaration of war. Their goal is not only causing direct damage and taking advantage of weaknesses, but also the destabilization of societies and the creation of ambiguity hinders decision-making. The aim of the attack may be information systems, critical infrastructure (transport, energy, space), financial systems, the public health sector. A threat Hybrid Document Commission also recognizes terrorism.
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