” Why would anyone believe that? They are having enough trouble with Ukraine.”
Exactly. Its garbage news.
Medvedev has a mouth and then someone interprets something with a poor understanding of Russian culture/language.
Ten hype it to the max, throw in some extra crap and hope you can sell enough to keep your job.
” Why would anyone believe that? They are having enough trouble with Ukraine.”
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Exactly. Its garbage news.
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There are various possibilities. It’s probably just fodder for domestic propaganda, to raise morale and support for the war and bolster national pride.
It also could be trolling. Trolling Europe and NATO. Maybe trolling Poland to see if they will overreact somehow.
I’ve said before, it makes no strategic sense to keep trolling Poland if you have future plans to invade. You’re just giving them a chance to prepare their military and defensive capabilities.
The third possibility, similar to the trolling scenario, is that they want an escalation. Not with Poland, but with NATO and Ukraine. They may feel that being bogged in a mostly conventional war isn’t working and an escalation would give them more tools. They will need an excuse though, so they can claim they didn’t escalate. So they will troll for an over-reaction and perhaps even plan false-flag ops.