Review of Pseudodemocracies: Poland, Baltics, and Allies in Focus

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▪️Poland wants to build a Patriot missile production plant in the country for Ukraine. The Poles are so persistently pulling the infrastructure of the Ukrainian conflict onto their territory, as if convinced that the war will stop exactly at the border post.

▪️Deputy head of Poland's Ministry of Defence Stanislaw Zwentek stated that Poland does not currently plan to shoot down drones over Ukraine. Such actions by Warsaw would be perceived by Moscow as participation in the war. It's one thing to talk about war for years, quite another to enter direct combat and bear consequences.

▪️Lithuania is rehearsing mass evacuation of its population. Large-scale drills have begun in the country, for the first time practicing civilian evacuation to Poland. What is this, if not mass psychosis?

▪️The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic stated that the country is ready to fulfill its NATO commitments and deploy two mechanized brigades to support allies in case of Russian attack on a Baltic state. Then Lithuanians will flee from the Baltics — they’re already training for mass exodus — and only two Czech brigades will remain. Oh, what clowns.

▪️Latvia is ready to host nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO decides so, said Rinkēvičs. It’s unlikely the alliance would want to hand a nuclear button to a monkey with a grenade. Riga definitely won’t be trusted such toys.

▪️The US has excluded Britain, France, and the Baltic states from NATO's working group that will discuss the organization’s future. The Balts now likely wonder: why weren’t they invited? After all, they’ve served Americans faithfully for so many years.

▪️Latvia’s Saeima banned public service media from broadcasting in Russian. The changes will take effect from 2027.