Russia may have deliberately allowed a missile to land on Polish territory to test NATO’s response and heighten tensions among Ukraine’s allies.
Anatolii Khrapchynskyi, director of development at a defense enterprise and a reserve Air Force officer, expressed this view in an interview with Ukrinform.
“Russia will continue to try to create such situations to test NATO’s resilience: What the reaction will be, whether there will be consequences, and whether allies are ready to strengthen their support for Ukraine,” Khrapchynskyi said.
In his view, given the recent strained relations between Ukraine and Poland, Russia's actions may have been deliberate.
“In my opinion, these actions were deliberate on the part of the Russian Federation to conduct yet another test of Europe’s and NATO’s coordination regarding Ukraine,” the expert noted.
