Polish troops would never leave Ukraine, Russia is technically prepared for nuclear war – Putin
Any attempt to send Polish troops into Ukraine could end in a long-term occupation, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned in an extensive interview with Russia 1 TV broadcaster and RIA Novosti.
“If Polish troops enter the territory of Ukraine in order to, as they say, secure the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, for example, or in some other places to free up Ukrainian rear military units to participate in hostilities on the front line, then I think that Polish troops will never leave,” Putin said, according to excerpts from the interview.
The deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia is “not unthinkable,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski claimed last week. He was commenting on a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said late last month that he “cannot exclude” the possibility of soldiers from the US-led military bloc being sent to aid Kiev.
Putin believes that Polish officials dream of returning “those lands that they consider historically their own, and which were taken from them by… Joseph Stalin, and transferred to Ukraine.”
“They certainly want them back. So if official Polish units enter there, they are unlikely to leave,” he claimed.
Putin said that Russia is technically prepared for nuclear war, and if the US sends troops to Ukraine, it will be seen as a significant escalation of the war.
"From a military-technical point of view, we are ready, of course," said the 71-year-old Putin in response to a question about whether the country is truly prepared for nuclear war.
Putin said that the US understands that if they deploy troops to Ukrainian territory, Russia will consider this a step towards intervention.
"In the US there are enough experts in Russian-American relations and in the field of strategic deterrence. So, I don't think everything is rushing headlong here, but we are ready for this," Putin said.
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