NATO Uses Poles to Stage Dangerous Provocation Vs. Russia, Peace Process: Poland Fires on Russian Drones in NATO’s First Direct Engagement

Sept. 12—NATO has used its patsy, Poland, to stage a dangerous provocation against Russia to undermine the Trump-Putin peace process. On Sept. 10, Poland, declaring it was under the threat of attack, shot down Russian drones that had entered its airspace in a joint operation involving other NATO countries, marking the first time a member of NATO has fired shots at Russian targets in nearly three years of its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

Poland said that 19 drones had entered its space, and it shot down those it deemed a threat, while providing no evidence that the drones were armed or targeted against Polish assets. The Russian drones were first reported by the Poles to be part of a massive attack—over 400 drones—against Ukrainian targets, with Ukraine providing that information.

Article 4 Activated Amid Escalation Talk

In so doing, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk activated Article 4 of the NATO charter, which demanded full consultations with Poland's NATO allies. Sources report that the Poles had actually considered invoking Article 5, which would have compelled NATO allies to come to the defense of Poland, declared as "under attack"—a characterization repeatedly used by Polish spokesmen, as well as NATO's Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who urged NATO to become more directly involved in supporting NATO's losing war using Ukrainians against the Russians, and to put Russia and its enablers, like China, under new sanctions.

"We are dealing with a large-scale provocation," said Tusk. "We are ready to repel such provocations. The situation is serious, and no one doubts that we must prepare for various scenarios."

Russia Denies Incursion, Offers Consultation

Russia's RIA state news agency quoted a Russian diplomat as calling the accusations of an incursion "groundless" and saying Poland had not given any evidence that the drones shot down were of Russian origin. Instead, the Russians have urged consultation with Poland to belay any fears and answer questions of about the drones.

Instead, several European officials described the incursion as intentional and a sign of Russian escalation the Ukraine conflict.

"The fact that these drones, which posed a security threat, were shot down changes the political situation," said Tusk.

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces urged residents to stay at home, with three eastern regions at particular risk.

"This is an act of aggression that posed a real threat to the safety of our citizens," it said.

A NATO spokesperson said NATO chief Mark Rutte was in touch with Polish leadership and the alliance was consulting closely with Poland. A source said NATO was not treating the incident as an attack but as an intentional incursion.

EU and NATO Officials Call for Tougher Measures

"Russia's war is escalating, not ending. We must raise the cost on Moscow, strengthen support for Ukraine, and invest in Europe's defense," the European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Sept. 10. "The EU plays a major role and we will support initiatives like the Eastern Border Shield defense line," Kallas, who in the past has called for tough sanctions against Russia and greater NATO involvement, wrote in a post on X.

Regarding Western allegations that Russia had attacked Poland with drones, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Sept. 10 said that no evidence has been provided linking the UAVs that had fallen on Poland to Russia. Russia’s Chargé d’Affaires in Warsaw, Andrey Ordash, told RIA Novosti that when he was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry this morning, the Polish authorities did not provide any evidence that the downed UAVs belonged to Russia. Apparently, they did not think it relevant. Ordash also noted that the drones had flown into Poland from Ukraine.

Shortly afterwards, Russia’s Ministry of Defense made clear that they targeted nothing in Poland, but that they are prepared to meet with Poland’s Ministry of Defense over any concerns. Their statement, machine-translated, says:

“Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range land-based, sea- and air-based weapons, as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr regions, as well as in the cities of Vinnytsia and Lviv. These enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex carried out the production and repair of armored and aviation equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the production of engines and electronic components for them, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles.

“On the southern and southwestern outskirts of the city of Lviv, the workshops of the Lviv Armored Plant, in which armored vehicles were repaired and modernized, as well as the Lviv Aircraft Plant LDARZ, where long-range unmanned aerial vehicles were produced and combat aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repaired, were hit. The objectives of the strike have been achieved. All designated objects have been hit.

“Targets for destruction on the territory of Poland were not planned. The maximum flight range of the Russian UAVs used in the strike, which allegedly crossed the border with Poland, does not exceed 700 km. Nevertheless, we are ready to hold consultations on this topic with the Polish Ministry of Defense.”

Trump Rejects NATO Pressure, Urges Restraint

A source close to the White House said that President Trump, who had initially been alarmed by press reports claiming Russia was attacking Poland with drones, now sees clearly that this is a NATO-staged provocation, blown out of proportion in part to pressure him to go along with Europe on new sanctions for Russia. "The President does not see new sanctions as helpful," said the source, "and he has told the NATO allies to calm the fuck down—that there is no evidence that these drones were an 'attack' on Poland. When Tusk called him, he told him to talk to the Russians, who he said were showing great restraint in the face of wild, unsubstantiated claims of an attack.

"The Poles are stupidly following the same reasoning as that clown Zelenskyy," the source said. "He is constantly waving the bloody shirts of innocent women and children that are the victims of alleged Russian drone attacks which he claims deliberately target civilians. Yet, he knows that Ukrainians and other countries, including Poland, jam the Russian drones, which send them off paths to guided targets. Also, they shoot these things down and they fall everywhere and anywhere, killing people who were never targeted. Trump knows that the way to stop all the killing is to end the damn, senseless war, which is what he is trying to do."

British Officials Amplify Crisis Narrative

Meanwhile, the British are trying to play the "Russia Attacks Poland" lie for all it's worth. British Defense Secretary John Healey said he had asked the U.K. armed forces to look at “options to bolster NATO’s air defense over Poland.” He was speaking after an E5 meeting of ministers from France, Germany, the U.K., Italy, and Poland, which the Polish Defense Secretary had left early to return home due to the drone incursion. Healey said: “Today, as five nations, we say to President Putin: Your aggression only serves to strengthen the unity between our NATO nations; your aggression only serves to strengthen our determination to stand with Ukraine.”

Their efforts to pull Trump into this have clearly failed. Sources report that Trump asked for and received an American intelligence report on the alleged drone attack. The sources say that the report concluded there was no attack, that the drones were unarmed, and likely strayed off course due to Ukrainian jamming of guidance systems. American intelligence, contrary to NATO intelligence, does not believe that Poland was ever under any threat. What was not said in the intel report, but is strongly believed by the White House, is that NATO staged this incident to try to force Trump into an escalated attack on the Russians and President Vladimir Putin, including joining Europe in new sanctions.

In remarks to the press Sept. 11, Trump downplayed the incident, saying: “Could have been a mistake. Could have been a mistake. But regardless, I’m not happy about anything having to do with that whole situation. But hopefully it’s going to come to an end.”

A U.S. intelligence-connected source pointed out another important thing that no one ever talks about: "The Russians have followed certain rules in this war, which have kept it from expanding, but actually hurt the Russians," the source stated. "In any large military conflict, you always target the lines of supply that get the weapons to the soldiers you are fighting. The U.S. and NATO are the main suppliers of weapons and munitions to Ukraine. Have you ever seen the Russians target the means by which Ukraine is supplied, through the air or overland from Poland? There are bases in Poland where these supplies are brought in. They are either then flown or trucked into Ukraine. Have the Russians targeted these supply operations? No. The why for this should be obvious—because they involve NATO and American personnel who would be killed if these operations were attacked. The Russians have honored this rule. They know exactly how these operations are run, yet they do not attack them. If they cut off these supplies, Ukraine could not fight. This is a crazy war, unlike anything in history."