Nato would defeat Russia quickly if ‘we took our gloves off’, says Poland
Sikorski said the alliance has overwhelming air power and could inflict heavy costs on Russia, citing a combined fleet of about 2,500 aircraft.
- On Saturday, September 12, 2026, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski asserted that NATO could quickly defeat Russia in a conflict, citing the alliance's "overwhelming superiority" in air power with roughly 2,500 aircraft.
- Sikorski clarified his remarks during the Yalta European Strategy meeting, emphasizing that he was discussing a collective NATO-Russia conflict rather than a direct war between Poland and Russia.
- Highlighting the air power disparity, Sikorski noted Poland operates roughly 75-80 combat aircraft compared to Russia's 300, while suggesting Europe could neutralize Russia's remaining oil refining capacity in six weeks.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova rejected the comments, accusing the minister of "Russophobia of the brain" and dismissing the suggestion that Poland could defeat Russia.
- These comments emerged as Poland heightened its security posture following Russian strikes near its border, including a September 13, 2026 attack on a passenger train at the Yahodyn railway station.
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Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski spoke about NATO's military strength and a possible conflict with Russia.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said that NATO could defeat Russia "quite quickly" in the event of a conflict, claiming that the Alliance has a "crushing advantage" over Moscow when it comes to air power, the TVP World news portal reports.
It is a statement that aims directly at Vladimir Putin and brought about a corresponding reaction in the Kremlin. Poland's Foreign Minister Sikorski has openly declared that his country would "vict Russia quite quickly" in an emergency.
Putin has been waging war on us for a decade now, and we haven't acknowledged it for too long, but now we do," Radosław Sikorski said in an interview with CNN. The Foreign Minister said the Russian leader "is making mistakes by attacking Eastern Europe, Great Britain, and Germany."
Moscow accused Polish Minister Radoslaw Sikorski of "Russophobia" - Tusk convened a security meeting in Poland after the Russian attack on a train station in Ukraine, near the Ukrainian-Polish border
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said NATO could quickly defeat Russia if Moscow attacked the alliance, claiming that Europe has “huge superiority” in air power, the Kyiv Post reported. “If Russia attacks us and we take off our gloves, I think we will defeat Russia quite quickly. We have a huge superiority over Russia in air power. General, correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s something like 2,500 aircraft,” Sikorski said during a discussi…
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