just to calm the old nerves a bit loz...

jason smart is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America, here he sheds some light on russia's latest tactics sending drones over europe...

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also this article on the polish response to the sabre rattling russian/belarus zapad exercises currently going on User Posted Link there are also around 40,000 nato troops and mil assets in poland and throughout the region:

As of June 2025, the eight battlegroups are composed of the following Allies:

Host nation: Bulgaria
Framework nation: Italy
Contributing nations: Albania, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Türkiye and the United States

Host nation: Estonia
Framework nation: United Kingdom
Contributing nations: France

Host nation: Hungary
Framework nation: Hungary
Contributing nations: Croatia, Italy, Türkiye and the United States

Host nation: Latvia
Framework nation: Canada
Contributing nations: Albania, Czechia, Iceland, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden

Host nation: Lithuania
Framework nation: Germany
Contributing nations: Belgium, Czechia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway

Host nation: Poland
Framework nation: United States
Contributing nations: Croatia, Romania and the United Kingdom

Host nation: Romania
Framework nation: France
Contributing nations: Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland

Host nation: Slovakia
Framework nation: Spain
Contributing nations: Czechia, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia

All eight battlegroups are integrated into NATO’s command structure to ensure the necessary readiness and responsiveness.

this from a 3 star military eu commander on the ground in poland: "we (the eu) know what russia is planning, we have known for more than a year what their plans are, and how to counter them".

"also, remember this, by attacking europe, russia is shortening the war, and they do not stand a chance.
they are out of arms, resources, economy, fuel, etc.
remember that we are here to protect you".

putins plan on keeping the occupied areas of ukraine is not on the cards even though an epstien rattled trump, who is becoming surplus to events, sees it as his ticket to a nobel peace prize (changing the DoD to department of war is a zinger donny) as the eu/uk et al sees things through a clearer lens:

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Posted By: Tombs, Sep 13, 21:21:32