NATO Pledges More Ukraine Support After Russian Border Strikes — SkimNews
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- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte pledged additional Ukraine support and vowed to strengthen the alliance's eastern flank defenses after Russian drone strikes hit near the Polish border, saying Russia would not be allowed to 'scare' Western allies off backing Kyiv.
- Russian drone strikes hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border on Sunday and a second location near another crossing point, with the train strike coming minutes after a delegation including former British PM Boris Johnson and former Swedish PM Carl Bildt had passed through the station.
- Polish PM Donald Tusk warned Moscow appears poised to intensify attacks on Ukraine's western borders, citing a recent CIA briefing suggesting Russia may target border points and conduct sabotage inside European countries to discourage support for Ukraine.
- Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the Polish army recovered what is believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the village of Jaroslawiec, while EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas called the near-border attacks 'clearly meant to scare Western countries from supporting Ukraine.'
- Trump claimed on social media that Ukraine and Russia agreed not to hit each other's energy infrastructure, though neither Moscow nor Kyiv confirmed it; Zelenskyy conditioned any halt on partners guaranteeing Russia spares Ukrainian energy, infrastructure, and food supply routes.
Why it matters: Poland's PM warned Moscow is poised to intensify strikes on Ukraine's western borders, citing a CIA briefing that points to possible sabotage inside European countries — pressure that forces NATO to bolster eastern defenses while complicating allied coordination. Trump's unverified ceasefire claim, unconfirmed by either side, deepens that uncertainty at a moment when Zelenskyy is offering conditional, reversible concessions rather than binding ones.
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