Through drone attacks on Poland and Romania, Russia is trying to assess NATO's capabilities and reaction. This assumption is made by analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), reports UNN.
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They suggest that with these attacks, Russia is trying to gain experience for future aggression against the Alliance.
NATO and member state officials continue to condemn Russian drone incursions into Poland and reiterate that the drone incursions were likely intentional. ... Russian officials and pro-Kremlin sources continue to evade accusations of drone incursions and downplay NATO states' reactions to drone incursions
They add that meanwhile, Russian and Belarusian forces continued joint military exercises "Zapad-2025."
At the same time, according to one Russian "military expert," Russia is one of the few countries with experience in modern warfare, and "Russia should share the lessons learned in Ukraine with other allies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), or 'at least' with Belarus."
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On the night of September 10, 19 incursions into Polish airspace were recorded. Polish authorities announced the downing of Russian drones that violated its airspace during an attack on Ukraine.
It later became known that Russia had been preparing drone attacks against Poland since July of this year. Polish and Lithuanian SIM cards were used for this purpose.
Against the backdrop of air attacks, as well as due to the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Zapad-2025," Poland began moving troops to the Belarusian border.