The Kremlin clearly points to the US base in Poland as a “priority objective” for the attack
The Kremlin has directly targeted this Thursday An American facility on NATO territory As a direct target in an imaginary attack. Under this increasingly aggressive rhetoric, Moscow often resorts to broad threats (ranging from the use of nuclear weapons to warnings that World War III is about to end), but rarely focuses on specific objectives. This Thursday, in one of the most tense moments since the beginning of the offensive in Ukraine, he did so.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Jazarova admitted at a press conference that the US anti-missile defense base in Poland has been considered a priority objective “for a long time” For its possible neutralization by the Russian Armed Forces, according to statements collected by the Russian agency TASS.
“Given the level of threats posed by these Western military installations, missile defense bases in Poland have long been included among the priority targets for possible neutralization. If necessary, This can be achieved using a wide range of modern weapons” the diplomat said.
Zakharova said at her press conference that the NATO-US construction project, which has been going on for almost a decade without taking into account Russian security concerns, has always been the center of Russia’s attention and she stressed that Russia has Spent years preparing. Countermeasures in response to this.
Zakharova called the establishment of such a base another clearly provocative step, and defined it as part of “a series of deeply destabilizing actions by the Americans and their North Atlantic allies in the strategic region.”
“This measure is part of a long-standing destructive practice Bringing NATO military infrastructure closer to Russia’s borders“These actions undermine strategic stability,” the spokesperson said. If we add to this other harmful military, political and military-technical measures aimed at projecting US power thousands of kilometers from its territory in order to put pressure on Russia and other nuclear powers, this will inevitably lead to strategic risks. Increases and as a result, increases overall. Nuclear threat level,” Zakharova said.
Missile defense complex in Poland
Construction of the Radziko missile defense base began in 2016 and, according to public sources consulted by the TASS agency, it cost the United States. 850 million dollarsBase It became operational in December 2023 and was later handed over to NATOFollowing the Washington Summit in July 2024, the Alliance announced the full operational availability of the Aegis Ashore complex in Poland.
The Aegis Ashore facility in Radziko is part of the EPAA (European Phased Adaptive Approach) program for the phased deployment of missile defense systems in Europe. The structure also includes a ship equipped with Aegis radar based in Rota (Spain), an AN/TPY-2 radar station in Turkey (on alert since 2011) and another Aegis ashore installation at Deveslu base (Romania).
The threat from the State Department spokesman came at one of the most tense moments of the war between Russia and Ukraine and after Moscow launched an intercontinental missile on Ukrainian territory in response to Kiev, which has not launched a nuclear strike despite being prepared for it. Could have. The decision to attack its enemy with long-range missiles provided by the United States and Great Britain.