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<\/picture><\/div>\nPolish troops take part in military exercises with soldiers
\nfrom Britain, US and Romania at the military training
\nground in Bemowo Piskie. \u00a9 AFP \/ Janek Skarzynsk<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nIntelligence obtained by Russia suggests that Poland and the US are working on a plan for Warsaw to regain control of Ukrainian areas that Warsaw considers as \u201chistorically belonging<\/em>\u201d to it, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nIntelligence obtained by Russia suggests that Poland and the US are working on a plan for Warsaw to regain control of Ukrainian areas that Warsaw considers as \u201chistorically belonging<\/em>\u201d to it, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAccording to the alleged plan, the first stage of this \u201creunification<\/em>\u201d will see Polish \u201cpeacekeepers<\/em>\u201d deployed in western Ukraine under the pretext of\u00a0\u201cprotection from Russian\u00a0aggression,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Naryshkin outlined\u00a0in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\nThe details of the operation are now being discussed between Warsaw and the US government, he claimed, adding that the operation is designed to be executed without a NATO mandate, and only volunteer states\u00a0taking part.<\/p>\n
Warsaw has so far been unable to find any other nations to join its cause, he added. But the Polish authorities are unconcerned by this, as they want to minimize the number of\u00a0\u201cunnecessary witnesses<\/em>\u201d to their actions, Naryshkin said.<\/p>\nDespite their publicly declared goal of countering Moscow, the Polish troops would be deployed in parts of Ukraine where they\u2019ll have almost no chance of engaging Russian forces, he explained.<\/p>\n
According to Russian data, the actual \u201ctactical objective<\/em>\u201d of the Polish troops will be taking control of strategic facilities from the Ukrainian National Guard.\u00a0Poland\u2019s intelligence services are apparently now searching for \u201creliable<\/em>\u201d members of the Kiev elite, who would be willing to form a pro-Warsaw counterbalance to Ukrainian nationalists.<\/p>\nThe Polish government assumes that entrenching its forces in western Ukraine would, with a high probability, lead to the split of the country, he claimed. In this case, control over the territories where the peacekeepers are set to\u00a0be deployed would remain in the hands of Warsaw, the spy chief continued.<\/p>\n
The plan appears to be an attempt, he pointed out, to repeat an historic deal that was struck after World War I and saw Western nations accept Warsaw\u2019s right to occupy, in the first instance, parts of Ukraine to protect its people from the \u201cBolshevik threat<\/em>\u201d and, later, to include those areas into the Polish state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nUkraine’s western frontiers were last redrawn after World War II when Poland agreed to part with the Eastern Galicia region and most of Volhynia, which were incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Warsaw was compensated with land which had previously been part of Germany, most notably gaining the port city of Gdansk (Danzig).<\/p>\n
Nazi Germany invaded Poland in August 1939, paving the way for a six-year occupation, which ended in 1945 when the Polish lands were liberated by the Red Army.<\/p>\n
In 1943, Eastern Galicia and Volhynia became the scene of mass killings perpetrated by the Ukrainian nationalist groups OUN-UPA (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists \u2013 Ukrainian Insurgent Army), which collaborated with the Nazis. Up to 100,000 people, mostly Poles and Jews, are believed to have been murdered back then.<\/p>\n
A few years ago the Polish parliament recognized the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists against the Poles during WWII as\u00a0“genocide.”\u00a0<\/em>Members of\u00a0the\u00a0leadership which authorised the atrocities are now\u00a0regarded as\u00a0national\u00a0heroes in\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Intelligence obtained by Russia suggests that Poland and the US are working on a plan for Warsaw to regain control of Ukrainian areas that Warsaw considers as \u201chistorically belonging<\/em>\u201d to it, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Intelligence obtained by Russia suggests that Poland and the US are working on a plan for Warsaw to regain control of Ukrainian areas that Warsaw considers as \u201chistorically belonging<\/em>\u201d to it, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to the alleged plan, the first stage of this \u201creunification<\/em>\u201d will see Polish \u201cpeacekeepers<\/em>\u201d deployed in western Ukraine under the pretext of\u00a0\u201cprotection from Russian\u00a0aggression,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Naryshkin outlined\u00a0in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n The details of the operation are now being discussed between Warsaw and the US government, he claimed, adding that the operation is designed to be executed without a NATO mandate, and only volunteer states\u00a0taking part.<\/p>\n Warsaw has so far been unable to find any other nations to join its cause, he added. But the Polish authorities are unconcerned by this, as they want to minimize the number of\u00a0\u201cunnecessary witnesses<\/em>\u201d to their actions, Naryshkin said.<\/p>\n Despite their publicly declared goal of countering Moscow, the Polish troops would be deployed in parts of Ukraine where they\u2019ll have almost no chance of engaging Russian forces, he explained.<\/p>\n According to Russian data, the actual \u201ctactical objective<\/em>\u201d of the Polish troops will be taking control of strategic facilities from the Ukrainian National Guard.\u00a0Poland\u2019s intelligence services are apparently now searching for \u201creliable<\/em>\u201d members of the Kiev elite, who would be willing to form a pro-Warsaw counterbalance to Ukrainian nationalists.<\/p>\n The Polish government assumes that entrenching its forces in western Ukraine would, with a high probability, lead to the split of the country, he claimed. In this case, control over the territories where the peacekeepers are set to\u00a0be deployed would remain in the hands of Warsaw, the spy chief continued.<\/p>\n The plan appears to be an attempt, he pointed out, to repeat an historic deal that was struck after World War I and saw Western nations accept Warsaw\u2019s right to occupy, in the first instance, parts of Ukraine to protect its people from the \u201cBolshevik threat<\/em>\u201d and, later, to include those areas into the Polish state.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s western frontiers were last redrawn after World War II when Poland agreed to part with the Eastern Galicia region and most of Volhynia, which were incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Warsaw was compensated with land which had previously been part of Germany, most notably gaining the port city of Gdansk (Danzig).<\/p>\n Nazi Germany invaded Poland in August 1939, paving the way for a six-year occupation, which ended in 1945 when the Polish lands were liberated by the Red Army.<\/p>\n In 1943, Eastern Galicia and Volhynia became the scene of mass killings perpetrated by the Ukrainian nationalist groups OUN-UPA (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists \u2013 Ukrainian Insurgent Army), which collaborated with the Nazis. Up to 100,000 people, mostly Poles and Jews, are believed to have been murdered back then.<\/p>\n A few years ago the Polish parliament recognized the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists against the Poles during WWII as\u00a0“genocide.”\u00a0<\/em>Members of\u00a0the\u00a0leadership which authorised the atrocities are now\u00a0regarded as\u00a0national\u00a0heroes in\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n