{"id":1407070,"date":"2026-07-14T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1407070"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:17:13","slug":"sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikorski: Russia Lacks Resources to Attack Poland but May Resort to Provocations"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski says Russia currently doesn&#8217;t have the capacity to mount a direct attack on Poland, though Warsaw isn&#8217;t dismissing the risk of Russian provocations and continues to treat such threats with seriousness.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sikorski made these comments in an interview with Italy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilmessaggero.it\/mondo\/polonia_putin_attacco_russo_mosca_sconfitta_ucraina-9645859.html\">Il Messaggero<\/a>, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today, Vladimir Putin does not have the means to attack us. At most, he may attempt some kind of provocation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that while Poland isn&#8217;t reacting with alarm to Russia&#8217;s threats, the country takes them seriously given its long history of facing Russian aggression. Sikorski noted that further hostile moves from Moscow can&#8217;t be entirely dismissed, pointing out that the Kremlin leader has a track record of making decisions rooted in overly optimistic and ultimately flawed judgments.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The foreign minister also underscored the immense human toll and economic damage Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine has inflicted across Europe.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning to Ukraine&#8217;s performance in the war, Sikorski offered praise: had someone predicted five years ago that Ukraine would avoid occupation, keep exporting grain through the Black Sea, and hold a stable front line, few would have believed it possible \u2014 yet Kyiv has surpassed nearly all expectations.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also credited Europe with exceeding expectations of its own by staying united behind Ukraine and rolling out twenty rounds of sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We used to think Putin had the world&#8217;s second strongest army. Today, it can be said that he has the second strongest army in Ukraine,&#8221; Sikorski remarked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the week, Sikorski said Poland and its allies hold credible intelligence pointing to Russia preparing fresh provocations, and he called on Moscow to abandon such plans.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As previously reported, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz said Poland is ready to help Ukraine modernize its MiG-29 fighter jets, on the condition that Ukraine or its allied partners cover the associated costs.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/estonian-intelligence-russia-responds-to-ukraine-s-long-range-strikes-with-intensified-information-warfare\/\">Estonian Intelligence: Russia Responds to Ukraine\u2019s Long-Range Strikes with Intensified Information Warfare<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski says Russia currently doesn&#8217;t have the capacity &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1263837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,51,36415,53,50],"tags":[76,78,72926,72930],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1407070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-russian-disinformation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sikorski: Russia Lacks Resources to Attack Poland but May Resort to Provocations - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sikorski: Russia Lacks Resources to Attack Poland but May Resort to Provocations - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski says Russia currently doesn&#8217;t have the capacity ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T08:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/166-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Sikorski: Russia Lacks Resources to Attack Poland but May Resort to Provocations\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T08:44:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-lacks-resources-to-attack-poland-but-may-resort-to-provocations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/166.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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