US Allies Need to Shoot Down Russian Aircraft Testing NATO Boundaries, Czech President Warns - NEW YORK TIMES POST

US allies need to shoot down Russian aircraft testing NATO boundaries, Czech president warns - NEW YORK TIMES POST

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NEW YORK — Czech President Petr Pavel insists that NATO needs to outright demonstrate its willingness to respond to Russian aggression or else Moscow will continue to push the alliance and its European boundaries. “There might be the time when we will have to shoot down some [...]

US allies need to shoot down Russian aircraft testing NATO boundaries, Czech president warns

NEW YORK — Czech President Petr Pavel insists that NATO needs to outright demonstrate its willingness to respond to Russian aggression or else Moscow will continue to push the alliance and its European boundaries."There might be the time when we will have to shoot down some of these planes or unmanned vehicles that are testing our readiness," Pavel, a retired general and former chair of MATO's Military Committee, predicted in a conversation with…

Russia-Ukraine War Latest Live News: Czech President Petr Pavel Warns US And NATO Allies May Need To Shoot Down Russian Aircraft Testing Alliance Boundaries

Czech President Petr Pavel has delivered a blunt assessment that NATO’s measured response to repeated Russian airspace violations represents a strategic miscalculation likely to encourage further Kremlin aggression. Speaking during an interview with the Sunday Times, Pavel articulated a doctrine of escalating deterrence, warning that European nations must abandon what he characterised as insufficient passive reactions to Moscow’s calculated boun…