00:16Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radislav Sikorski has issued a blunt warning to Russia,
00:24saying NATO's overwhelming air power could quickly cripple Russia's military capabilities if Moscow attacked the alliance.
00:33Speaking at the Yalta European Strategy meeting in Kyiv, Sikorski said that if Russia attacked us and Europe took its
00:42gloves off, Russia could be defeated quickly.
00:45He pointed to the alliance's massive air power advantage, citing roughly 2,500 aircraft across NATO.
00:54Sikorski also highlighted F-35 fighter jets, JAA-SM missiles, and other deep-strike capabilities available to NATO forces.
01:05Then he drew a comparison with Ukraine's attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure.
01:11Sikorski said that if Ukraine had managed to knock out half of Russia's refining capacity in six months,
01:18NATO could potentially destroy the other half in just six weeks.
01:23But there is an important point in his remarks.
01:26The Polish Deputy Prime Minister was referring to a potential NATO or broader European response to a Russian attack on
01:34the alliance,
01:35not claiming that Poland alone could defeat Russia.
01:39His comments came as European countries continued debating whether they have enough military strength to deter Moscow without relying entirely
01:49on the United States.
01:51Sikorski also argued that Europe needs greater defense sovereignty and stronger military capabilities.
01:58The immediate response from Moscow was furious.
02:02Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Sikorski of extreme Russo-phobia,
02:10while some Russian reporting portrayed the comments as a claim that Poland could defeat Russia.
02:16Sikorski's original remarks, however, focused on NATO's combined military strength.
02:22The message was clear.
02:24The Polish Deputy Prime Minister believes that if Russia were to attack NATO,
02:29the alliance has the conventional military power to impose enormous costs on Moscow.
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