September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Russia may be planning to test NATO's resolve by staging accidental-looking drone or missile strikes on allied territory. Recent incidents, including airspace violations and suspected sabotage in Poland, have heightened concerns about regional security.
Why it matters
The potential for Russian hybrid warfare against NATO members poses a significant risk to European stability and the future of the alliance.
On 17 September, the 87th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of 1939, Donald Tusk told the Polish parliament that Russia intends to send drones or missiles into the territory of Ukraine’s allies this autumn and winter, and then call the strikes accidental. He cited intelligence from NATO allies, Ukraine and Poland’s own services.
The aim, he said, is to paralyse NATO, or at least to show that Article 5 exists only in theory. He stressed that nothing suggests an invasion. Germany has meanwhile blamed Russia for a drone attack in August on Leipzig airport, a NATO logistics hub. Moscow denies it.
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