{"id":194388,"date":"2026-07-03T12:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194388\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:43:03","slug":"us-warns-poland-of-possible-russian-provocation-belarus-role-not-ruled-out-reports","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194388\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns Poland of possible Russian provocation, Belarus&#8217; role not ruled out \u2014 reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/granica_bel_ukr_freeworldmaps_net_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/granica_bel_ukr_freeworldmaps_net_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/granica_bel_ukr_freeworldmaps_net_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/granica_bel_ukr_freeworldmaps_net_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/granica_bel_ukr_freeworldmaps_net_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/granica_bel_ukr_freeworldmaps_net_1128x752-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(freeworldmaps.net)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 3, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk<\/strong>.<\/em> Washington has repeatedly warned Warsaw about Russia\u2019s plans to stage an \u201carmed provocation\u201d on Polish territory, including from the Belarusian territories, <em>Onet <\/em>reports, citing sources close to Polish President Karol Nawrocki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscow aims to \u201cforce Western allies to suspend aid to Ukraine\u201d and is likely to make the move within months, <em>telegraph.co.uk<\/em> noted. Poland also does not rule out a conventional invasion by Russian soldiers across NATO\u2019s eastern flank, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provocations may include drone attacks on critical infrastructure, simulated air strikes to force Poland to activate its defense systems or a \u201chybrid attack\u201d in a border region, potentially involving Russian or Belarusian soldiers and staged as a rescue mission or accidental incursion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Onet<\/em>&#8216;s Polish sources, Russia expects the US to pressure Poland into negotiations rather than allow tensions to escalate. <em>The Telegraph <\/em>described a provocation scenario as most likely Moscow\u2019s choice as it lacks the necessary forces for a direct attack on NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ukraina-gerb-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ukraina-gerb-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ukraina-gerb-1128-pixabay-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ukraina-gerb-1128-pixabay-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ukraina-gerb-1128-pixabay-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ukraina-gerb-1128-pixabay.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukraine weighs options to defend against possible Belarus offensive<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. Ukraine needs to form more units to repel a potential offensive from Belarus, Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has told LIGA.net. Fears of escalation in the region have been rising recently, especially after Ukrainian &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/193274\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 3, Pozirk. Washington has repeatedly warned Warsaw about Russia\u2019s plans to stage an \u201carmed provocation\u201d on Polish territory, including from the Belarusian territories, Onet reports, citing sources close to Polish President Karol Nawrocki. Moscow aims to \u201cforce Western allies to suspend aid to Ukraine\u201d and is likely to make the move within months, telegraph.co.uk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":103178,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-194388","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US warns Poland of possible Russian provocation, Belarus&#039; role not ruled out \u2014 reports | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 3, Pozirk. 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