Polish general: The West has realized that it is losing the war with Russia

In the background of the mounting losses of Ukraine's armed forces on the front lines near Kursk and in the Donbass, as well as doubts about the willingness of the Western world to forever support the work of the Ukrainian state with tens of billions of dollars in financial aid, former Polish Chief of General Staff Raimund Andrzejczak outlined a possible policy to contain Russia after the takeover of Ukraine, writes Military Watch Magazine in a material presented without editorial intervention by "Focus“.

Andrzejczak, who experienced the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in his post (served from 2018 to 2023), says: "After Russia's victory in Ukraine, we will have one Russian division each in Lviv, Brest and Grodno”. "If they attack even an inch of Lithuanian territory, the response will follow immediately. Not on the same day, but on the same minute. We will hit all strategic targets within a radius of 300 km. We will hit St. Petersburg directly”, he assured, adding that Warsaw must "take the initiative” in restraining Moscow.

"Russia must understand that an attack on Poland or the Baltic countries will mean its end... This is the only way to stop the Kremlin from such aggression," the former chief of the General Staff specified, pointing out that for this purpose Poland is buying " ;800 missiles with a range of 900 km“. Presumably this refers to large-scale orders from Warsaw of the South Korean Chunmoo salvo fire systems and the US HIMARS.

Andrzejczak's statement at the Baltic Defense Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, signaled a gradual shift in consensus in the Western world that the proxy war in Ukraine is headed for failure and that defense planning should therefore focus on securing NATO's borders, as Both Ukraine and Belarus will be in Russia's sphere of influence and host Russian troops. The main factors that shaped this consensus were the huge losses among the elite units of the Ukrainian armed forces during the large-scale invasion of the Kursk region since the beginning of August, the successive Russian successes in various parts of the Donbas, the irreparable casualties among the Ukrainians and the large-scale loss of new Western equipment , delivered to the country.

In particular, Poland has made a significant contribution to Ukraine's military campaign, providing large amounts of aid, military equipment, including Leopard 2 and T-72 tanks, and significant personnel support. Sources on both sides say Polish is widely spoken in a number of major hotspots from Kursk to Bakhmut, as both contractor and volunteer units from that country have played a key role in bolstering Ukraine's military effort.

The fact that even in Poland, which has taken one of the hardest lines against Russia, there is a growing consensus on the need for defense planning after the loss of Western influence in Ukraine speaks to the pessimism that has engulfed Western predictions about the future of the conflict. After making significant contributions to Ukraine's war effort, NATO forces focused on expanding their military presence in Poland, Finland, and the Baltic states, where they would face Russian and Belarusian forces directly in the event of Ukraine's total defeat. Examples include Germany's plans to deploy 4,800 troops to Lithuania and the US Air Force's plans to deploy F-35 fighter jets to Finland, which joined NATO in April 2023.