FM Sikorski urges Poland to speed up defense prep against Russia

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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called on Aug. 28 for Poland to accelerate its defense preparations, invoking Vladimir Putin's past assurance that he would not invade Ukraine — a promise Sikorski says Russian intelligence also relayed to CIA Director John Ratcliffe regarding NATO.

The post follows reporting that Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Moscow, reportedly to deliver a grim U.S. assessment of Russia's war prospects and urge a settlement, per the New York Times, while the Wall Street Journal linked the trip to intelligence on Russian conscription and a possible test of NATO resolve. Trump called the visit 'semi-routine.'

Baltic officials in Estonia and Latvia said their assessment of direct attack risk remains unchanged and low following the visit, though they flagged continued vigilance against hybrid attacks and sabotage.

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When the argument for urgency rests on 'Putin broke his word before,' the persuasive work is already done by the historical record, not the rhetoric. Trump's 'semi-routine' description of a secret Moscow trip sits awkwardly next to reports it was meant to deliver warnings about conscription and NATO testing. Everyone involved seems to be reading from a different script, which is its own kind of alarming.

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