WW3 fears as Putin ‘getting ready for battle towards NATO’ after large gasoline blast
The stark warning came from a top military general as Poland confirmed a key rail link between Warsaw and Ukraine was blown up in an ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’
Russia is gearing up for conflict with NATO, Poland’s most senior military officer has warned. It comes as Poland revealed that a crucial railway connection linking Warsaw to Ukraine – vital for channelling Western aid – was destroyed in what officials termed an “unprecedented act of sabotage”.
General Wieslaw Kukula, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, said that Russia “has begun the period of preparing for war. “They are building an environment here intended to create conditions favourable for potential aggression on Polish territory.”
Any Russian military assault on Poland would activate NATO’s Article 5 provision – potentially sparking a Third World War. Gen Kukula described Russia’s current activities as “a pre‐war situation – or what we refer to as hybrid warfare.”
He stated: “The enemy has begun preparing for war.
“He is creating a certain atmosphere here aimed at undermining public trust in the government, in key structures such as the armed forces and the police, as well as creating conditions favourable to potential aggression on Polish territory.”
Meanwhile, Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna issued a stark warning in Washington that time was running out before Russia’s war machine poses a direct threat to NATO members.
Vladimir Putin will “return to our Baltic borders with even more troops and military equipment than they had before the full-scale invasion” within “two to three years, or less’, he warned.The Kremlin dictator’s aims were to “, he cautioned. The Kremlin dictator’s objectives were to “to conquer Ukraine, to dominate its near abroad, to divide the West, and to push the US out of Europe”.
This development coincided with the Russian FSB security service being summoned to probe a massive blast at a crucial gas pipeline in the Omsk region, 1,330 miles east of Moscow.
Video footage captured the dramatic explosion and mushroom cloud which occurred during maintenance work on the gas pipeline at Rostovka, on the outskirts of Omsk city.
A fierce blaze was raging hours following the explosion, with flames soaring 130ft into the air.
Initially, it remained uncertain whether the incident was accidental or an act of sabotage during repair works.
“The causes are being investigated by law enforcement agencies,” stated regional governor Vitaly Khotsenko, who appealed to locals to “remain calm”.
In Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, a 17 year old girl perished in hospital after suffering severe injuries from a Russian missile attack on Berestyn.
Nine others were wounded in the strike.
Russia is thought to have targeted a gas facility.
The city of Dnipro was shaken by 20 massive explosions, resulting in injuries to elderly residents.
In a Ukrainian counter-strike, vast areas of the Russian-occupied Donetsk People’s Republic were plunged into darkness for the second consecutive day.
Two thermal power stations – Zuyevskaya, near Zagreb city, and Starobeshevskaya, in Novy Svet – were knocked out of service.
Power and heating supplies to locals were disrupted, according to Putin’s puppet leader Denis Pushilin. The strikes seem to be retaliation for a series of Russian attacks on power plants in Ukraine over the past few days and weeks.
