Russia Could Try to Test NATO This Summer. Here's How.
Simon Whistler · July 11, 2026 · 14 min video · Europe & NATO
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Russia is planning an attack. Not on Ukraine this time, though they've certainly plenty more of those in the works. Instead, Moscow is planning attacks on Poland as a way to test NATO's unity, as well as to discourage further funding of Ukraine.
That's the warning coming from Washington to Warsaw anyway, and while that might initially sound outlandish given just how much of a regional power Poland is, once you zoom out and see the broader campaign, the Moscow has been waging against Eastern and Central Europe, it starts to look a lot less like a wild hypothetical and more like something that
Actually could get underway.
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