In case of telephone fraud again, the Polish President spoke his mind.

In July, 2020, Russian comedian and prank blogger Wowan and Lexus pretended to be the Secretary-General of the United Nations and sent a congratulatory message to Polish President Duda. The two sides "discussed" a lot, and two bloggers suggested that Duda take back Lviv and other cities.

After two years, two bloggers made a comeback. After the Polish missile explosion, they pretended to be French President Macron and talked with Duda for more than seven minutes.

Duda and two bloggers posing as Macron. Source: YouTube

It is reported that on the night of the missile attack, that is, around 22: 00 on June 5438+05, Duda telephoned NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, and soon after, he telephoned US President Biden.

Then, Macron's phone rang. "He" asked Duda on the phone whether Biden blamed the incident on the Russians, and Duda replied "No".

"Is it possible that it was caused by Ukrainian missiles?" Duda replied, "I don't know".

Duda told "Macron" that Poland didn't want to go to war with Russia because Ukrainian missiles fell into eastern Poland. "Emmanuel, believe me, I really don't want to go to war with Russia. I'm extra careful. Please believe me. "

He stressed that it is precisely because of this that he did not mention the right of collective self-defense in Article 5 of the NATO Constitution, but only quoted Article 4 of the Treaty, which stipulates that consultations should be held in case any NATO country is threatened.

The Polish President's Office confirmed the call on Twitter on the 22nd, saying that Duda "realized from his unusual conversation that it might be a prank, so he hung up". Duda's office is investigating how callers get through the phone.

Twitter screenshot of the Polish President's Office

However, while President Duda said frankly that he was "unwilling to go to war with Russia", it was not only difficult to conceal the differences in Polish policy towards Ukraine, but also the trust rift between NATO and Ukraine deepened.

Poland's policy towards Ukraine is divided.

165438+1October 15, a missile landed in Poland not far from the Ukrainian border, killing two men in their 60s.

At first, Poland blamed Russia for the incident, but then took a step back and pointed out that the explosion was "probably" an "unfortunate accident" caused by Ukrainian air defense missiles, not any "deliberate attack".

Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Polish government has always stood on the side of Ukraine. RIA Novosti 17 quoted the Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations as saying that Poland will continue to support Ukraine against Russia despite the missile incident at the border.

Duda data map. Source: Associated Press

However, there have been many voices of opposition within the Polish government. Polish news portal Kresy 18 reported that many members of the Polish parliament accused the government of not communicating well with the people on the missile incident and demanded that the Ukrainian government apologize and compensate the families of the victims.

Among them, Braun, a member of Polish House of Representatives and leader of the far-right party "Alliance", called Zelensky "the main provocateur" and urged the government to reconsider its position in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Jaroslaw Pakura, former president of lublin City Council, called on Facebook to re-examine Polish policy towards Ukraine. "I don't understand the actions of the president and the government at all. This is a Ukrainian missile. This is a provocation by the Ukrainian authorities. The missile cannot be launched in the opposite direction by mistake 100 km. "

Pakura pointed out that the purpose of Ukraine's provocation is to speed up the delivery of weapons to Ukraine. He urged Duda to lodge a protest with Zelensky, and Poland would not tolerate such actions by the Ukrainian authorities.

The rift between NATO and Ukraine has deepened.

Both the United States and Poland claimed that the missiles came from Ukraine. Associated Press 16 issued a document in the afternoon to correct the previous report, saying that it "wrongly reported the news that a Russian missile entered Poland and killed two people". The missile was probably launched by Ukraine to defend Russia.

According to a source quoted by American Daily Beast 2 1, the journalist James Rappolt, who first reported the news and blamed the Russian missile source, has been fired by the Associated Press.

However, Zelensky still insists that the missile "undoubtedly" does not belong to Ukraine.

The Spanish daily Public 19 published an article entitled "Zelensky began to lose its charm among its allies after handling the Polish missile crisis", saying that the Polish missile crisis triggered the first public disagreement between Ukraine and NATO countries. Some western countries began to think that it was too much for Zelensky to directly accuse Russia of attacking NATO allies without official investigation results.

Unlike Ukraine, NATO has always refused to be directly involved in the conflict. Sullivan, the national security adviser to the President of the United States, called Zelensky shortly after the incident and asked him to carefully adjust his tone and wording. US President Biden also said that "the missile is unlikely to come from Russia".

Nicolas Dupont-Egnan, a member of the French National Assembly, leader of the "France Rise" party and former presidential candidate, publicly called on 19 that France should stop supporting Zelensky, because his remarks almost triggered the Third World War.

NATO East Wing Strengthens Armed Forces

After the "fire" incident, Poland requested to improve its defense capability and ordered American F-35 fighter jets and M 1A2 tanks. Lockheed Martin will also provide Poland with 220 seahorse rocket systems, and the first batch of 20 will be delivered in 2023.

In addition, Poland also hopes that Germany will deploy the Patriot missile defense system near the border between Poland and Ukraine. Germany welcomed this and announced that it would send Typhoon fighters to cruise Polish airspace.

At the same time, Poland itself is also accelerating its military expansion. In June+10, 5438, the Polish Ministry of Defence said that the total strength of the Polish army had increased to 65.438+600,000. According to the national defense law recently passed by Poland, the strength of the Polish army will increase to about 300,000, of which 250,000 are professional soldiers and 50,000 are "territorial defense forces".

You know, Poland has a population of more than 30 million, and its army should reach 300,000, which is close to1100. The United States, with a total population of about 333 million, has a total active force of about 654.38+0.5 million, with a ratio of about 654.38+0/200.

The American "politician" news network declared that Europe is about to usher in a new "military power", that is Poland.

It is worth noting that the defense capabilities of NATO eastern wing countries are being comprehensively strengthened. The French Ministry of Defence announced that from the 25th of this month, France will deploy four gust multi-role fighters in Lithuania within the framework of NATO to defend the airspace of the Baltic countries.

Stoltenberg said during his visit to Spain on February1that NATO will set a higher defense expenditure target in July next year, even exceeding the country's GDP target of 2%. "Because now everyone sees the need to increase investment."