{"id":1408632,"date":"2026-07-16T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1408632"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:14:02","slug":"sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski warned that Russia may be preparing a false flag operation involving Ukrainian drones.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polish minister&#8217;s statement is cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polsatnews.pl\/wiadomosc\/2026-07-15\/sikorski-ostrzega-przed-prowokacja-rosji-z-uzyciem-ukrainskich-dronow\/\">Polsat News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a visit to the US, the head of Poland&#8217;s foreign ministry confirmed that Poland expects a similar Russian provocation, adding that Ukrainian drones could play a key role in it.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Putin even said something like this about a month ago. He said: if a NATO member country attacks us, we&#8217;ll respond. So we suspect he&#8217;s planning to obtain Ukrainian drones and use them to attack a NATO member country or Russia itself, and then respond to that attack,&#8221; Sikorski said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin could resort to such actions &#8220;the more desperate and losing he becomes.&#8221;<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Such regimes always act this way. I&#8217;ll remind you of the 1939 Gleiwitz incident, when Abwehr agents disguised as Polish soldiers seized radio stations on the territory of what was then the Reich. Our message to Vladimir Putin is this: we know what you&#8217;re planning, don&#8217;t do it,&#8221; the minister stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sikorski expressed his conviction that Russia lacks the resources to attack Poland right now, though Moscow could resort to provocations against the country.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media had previously reported that the United States reportedly passed a warning to Warsaw that Moscow is considering an armed provocation against Poland to &#8220;test NATO&#8217;s resolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-russia-has-lost-around-150-000-troops-this-year-while-advancing-only-50-kilometers\/\">Zelenskyy: Russia Has Lost Around 150,000 Troops This Year While Advancing Only 50 Kilometers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski warned that Russia may be preparing a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1248887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,53,36422,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72924,72930],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1408632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine","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 May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones - 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-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski warned that Russia may be preparing a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-16T14:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sikorski-1300x750-1-820x473.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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-16T14:02:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/sikorski-1300x750-1.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)\",\"Russian airstrikes on Ukraine\",\"Russian disinformation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\",\"News\",\"Politics\",\"Russia\",\"Society\",\"Ukraine\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones - Freedom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/sikorski-1300x750-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-16T14:02:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/sikorski-1300x750-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/sikorski-1300x750-1.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Rados\u0142aw Sikorski. Photo: gettyimages.com\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Freedom\",\"description\":\"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\",\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Danylo Shportilo\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/author\\\/d-shportilo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones - Freedom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones - Freedom","og_description":"Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski warned that Russia may be preparing a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/","og_site_name":"Freedom","article_published_time":"2026-07-16T14:02:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":820,"height":473,"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sikorski-1300x750-1-820x473.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Danylo Shportilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Danylo Shportilo","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/"},"author":{"name":"Danylo Shportilo","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2"},"headline":"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones","datePublished":"2026-07-16T14:02:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/"},"wordCount":255,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sikorski-1300x750-1.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)","Russian airstrikes on Ukraine","Russian disinformation"],"articleSection":["\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438","News","Politics","Russia","Society","Ukraine","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/","name":"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones - Freedom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sikorski-1300x750-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-16T14:02:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sikorski-1300x750-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sikorski-1300x750-1.jpg","width":1300,"height":750,"caption":"Rados\u0142aw Sikorski. Photo: gettyimages.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/sikorski-russia-may-be-preparing-a-provocation-using-ukrainian-drones\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sikorski: Russia May Be Preparing a Provocation Using Ukrainian Drones"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/","name":"Freedom","description":"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2","name":"Danylo Shportilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Danylo Shportilo"},"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/d-shportilo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408635,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408632\/revisions\/1408635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408632"},{"taxonomy":"sources","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sources?post=1408632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}