NATO should conduct aggressive military exercises along the borders of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to exploit Moscow’s local troop drawdown and compel the Kremlin to divert forces away from Ukraine, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said on Friday, Sept. 11. Speaking at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES 2026) in Kyiv, organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Sikorski stated that Poland monitors the Russian exclave closely and observed that Moscow has left the heavily militarized territory virtually depleted of conventional ground forces to replenish combat losses in Ukraine.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Putin knows, or assumes, that NATO is a peaceful alliance and we will not take advantage of his local weakness. And, perhaps, that is a mistake,” Sikorski told conference participants, as reported by European Pravda. Clarifying that he was not advocating for allied forces to seize the Baltic enclave, Sikorski emphasized that NATO should use high-intensity maneuvers to inject strategic unpredictability into Moscow’s defense planning. “I propose that we hold drills on our side so aggressive that he is not sure what exactly we will do,” Sikorski explained. “And so that because of this, he would be forced to redeploy part of his forces from Ukraine.” Heightened border alert Sikorski’s remarks follow warnings from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Moscow may orchestrate provocations and strikes targeting border infrastructure between Ukraine and neighboring allied nations.