Poland's deputy prime minister warns of possible Russian "false flag operation"
World Poland's deputy prime minister says Russia could launch a "false flag operation" to justify an attack on a NATO state By Aidan Stretch Aidan Stretch Reporter Aidan Stretch is a CBS News reporter based in Kyiv, Ukraine. "I wouldn't exclude the Russians doing some kind of false flag operation against Russian territory in order to have a pretext for hitting one of the NATO countries," Sikorski said. A map graphic shows in dark blue the European nations which, along with the United States and Canada, are members of the transatlantic NATO defense alliance. brichuas/Getty Images "Ukraine has certainly won in the Black Sea.
- ▪World Poland's deputy prime minister says Russia could launch a "false flag operation" to justify an attack on a NATO state By Aidan Stretch Aidan Stretch Reporter Aidan Stretch is a CBS News reporter based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- ▪"I wouldn't exclude the Russians doing some kind of false flag operation against Russian territory in order to have a pretext for hitting one of the NATO countries," Sikorski said.
- ▪A map graphic shows in dark blue the European nations which, along with the United States and Canada, are members of the transatlantic NATO defense alliance. brichuas/Getty Images "Ukraine has certainly won in the Black Sea.
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| Publication time | Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:50:07 -0400 |
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World Poland's deputy prime minister says Russia could launch a "false flag operation" to justify an attack on a NATO state By Aidan Stretch Aidan Stretch Reporter Aidan Stretch is a CBS News reporter based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Read Full Bio Aidan Stretch Updated on: June 26, 2026 / 3:50 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Gdánsk, Poland — Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Radek Sikorski told CBS News in an interview that he would not rule out the possibility of Russia staging a "false flag operation" in the next two years to justify an attack on a NATO member state. "I wouldn't exclude the Russians doing some kind of false flag operation against Russian territory in order to have a pretext for hitting one of the NATO countries," Sikorski said.
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