Vladimir Putin may be planning a ‘mini-invasion’ of a NATO country in order to test the West’s resolve, according to Poland’s top spymaster.
Jarosław Stróżyk, head of Poland’s counterintelligence service, claims the Kremlin is considering annexing parts of Estonia and Sweden, as part of a wider plan to take over the Baltic states should Ukraine fall.
‘Putin is certainly already prepared for some mini-operation against one of the Baltic countries, for example, to enter the famous Narva [municipality in Estonia] or to land on one of the Swedish islands,’ he told Polish outlet Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Yet despite his imperialist ambitions, he is currently being held back by the West’s continued support for Ukraine, which has been stronger than anticipated.
He added: ‘What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows him that in the event of an attack on Nato, the Western response would be even greater.’
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