Poland tells NATO to prepare for a deadlier Russian hybrid attack
The warning follows months of drone incursions that NATO has so far met with intercepts and readiness statements rather than any new deterrent step
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Poland has warned NATO allies to prepare for a Russian hybrid attack that could cause deaths, sharpening a warning campaign that has so far centred on disruption rather than casualties.
The warning sits on top of months of hybrid probing that NATO has absorbed through drone intercepts and readiness statements. It also comes alongside the arrest of a man accused of plotting an attack on Prime Minister Tusk and Slovakia's public hedging on its Article 5 commitments, both signs of strain inside the alliance just as Poland flags a potentially deadlier phase.
None of this has yet disrupted the diplomatic track on an energy ceasefire. Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to one. Zelenskiy said Ukraine would accept it only if Russia did too, and that the announcement caught him by surprise. The United States has pressed Ukraine and Europe to stop striking Russian oil refineries and has threatened to withhold arms supplies over the strikes, the Financial Times reported.
Gold edged up to $4,206.86 and Brent fell 1.2% amid renewed Houthi strikes and the ceasefire claim, a reminder that markets tend to move toward safe havens whenever Russia-linked escalation risk resurfaces. A warning framed around potential deaths raises the bar for what counts as the alliance containing the threat, as opposed to facing an actual Article 4 or Article 5 test.