RUSSIA will target Poland and the Baltics if they continue to feel threatened by Nato, Vladimir Putin’s top spy chief has warned.
Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, blamed “provocateur countries” for edging Europe closer to an all-out conflict with the Kremlin.
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Naryshkin claimed in a snarling statement that Poland and the Baltics are yet to fully understand what a conflict between Nato and Russia will truly mean for them.
He announced: “In the event of aggression by the North Atlantic Alliance against the Union State, the damage will be done, of course, to the entire Nato bloc.
“But to a greater extent, the first to suffer will be the carriers of such ideas among the political circles of Poland and the Baltic countries.”
His quotes were first reported by pro-Kremlin news outlet TASS on Tuesday after Naryshkin met with Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko.
Naryshkin also accused Poland and the Baltic states for being “highly aggressive” through their comments and “rattling their weapons”.
One particular incident he referred to was Warsaw’s alleged plan to deploy up to two million anti-tank mines along its borders with Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
This would be done to protect Poland from any potential joint Russian and Belarusian invasion threat, according to the state-run news agency BelTA.
Latvia is also said to be “looking into all possible options” to help strengthen its deterrence and defense capabilities”, according toLatvian Defence Minister Andris Sprūds.
Sprūds called on the Baltic nation to “prepare as Russia continues to pose a serious threat to the region”.
Many of the Baltics are even building a joint defence line on their border with Russia that will have some six-hundred bunkers across each border.
It will also include tank ditches, forests, dragon’s teeth, hedgehogs, and rocket systems.
Alongside Poland, the Baltics have also withdrawn from an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines.
Another comment Naryshkin took issue with was around Poland’s President Andrzej Duda urging the US to send some of its nukes to Warsaw.
During his rant the Russian crony accused Poland of “very much wanting to receive nuclear weapons from the Americans”.
Back in March, Duda asked Donald Trump to hand over some of his nuclear weapons so Poland could turn itself into Europe’s frontline fortress.
Poland believe storing the powerful weapons with them will act as a deterrent to Putin but also help to bolster up their own personal safety.
Duda made a similar appeal to France who currently are the only EU nation to have its own nuclear force.
Naryshkin added: “It’s sad they cannot understand that it is the increase in military activity near the borders of Russia and Belarus that has become one of the reasons for the current large, acute and very dangerous crisis on the European continent.”
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Despite Naryshkin only targeting Eastern European nations, much of Europe is said to be preparing for a potential war on their doorstep in the future.
The continent is re-arming as it fears Putin is only years away from a war to push Nato out of Eastern Europe and rebuild the Russian empire.
The EU believes Russia could attack at some point around 2029 if Vlad is successful in Ukraine and the Commission has said the bloc must prepare for a large-scale war with Moscow.
Russia could launch a widespread invasion of Europe within four years, according to the chief of Germany’s military.
Putin will have amassed a 3 million-strong army by next year which many fear Vlad will use to bulldoze more nations.
European leaders have reacted to this worrying statistic by working to improve their defences and bulk out their army’s.
France and the UK have issued survival how-to-guides in recent weeks.
Germany also announced its first permanent troop deployment since the Second World War with 5,000 soldiers to Lithuania.
And many nations have started to implement conscription for their civilians such as Poland.
Norwegian officials are also preparing for mass evacuation drills for citizens in some of the country’s most northern towns.
Norway, which shares a 121 mile border with Russia in the Arctic, is hosting a Nato exercise next year and wants civilians to also take part.
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