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Following the meeting, Kosiniak-Kamysz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rp.pl\/polityka\/art44858921-wladyslaw-kosiniak-kamysz-rosjanie-moga-uzyc-ukrainskich-dronow-przeciw-polsce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">reiterated<\/a> the specific warning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to drone incursions, he also said GPS jamming and various acts of sabotage may be on the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countries surrounding the Baltic Sea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/07\/02\/researchers-home-in-on-origins-of-russias-baltic-gps-jamming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">have been affected<\/a> by Russian GPS interference since the early days of the war, sometimes leading to airport closures and navigation problems. Sabotage, too, has featured, including the disabling of a rail line in eastern Poland last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government officials also noted cyber warfare as a possible avenue for Russian actions against NATO countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late June, Latvian intelligence first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russia-preparing-hybrid-attacks-natos-eastern-flank-intelligence-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">told<\/a> Fox News they had detected Russian preparations for a hybrid attack that would fall short of the threshold for open war. The attack might include \u201cmissiles, drones or other actions designed to send a signal: stop supporting Ukraine, or you will have your own problems,\u201d Fox News Digital quoted Latvian intelligence as saying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week later, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he had been receiving warnings about a Russian test of NATO resolve and possible attack on Polish soil from allied intelligence agencies for weeks, adding in a press conference that \u201cthe coming months may truly be critical.\u201d Polish publication Onet had previously reported from a source close to Polish president Karol Nawrocki that the U.S. had shared concrete warnings of hostile Russian actions with the government in Warsaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Latvian and Lithuanian leaders warned specifically of \u201climited kinetic operations\u201d targeting critical infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin\u2019s press spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed this as \u201cscare stories\u201d that same week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some officials have warned that Russia may also be inclined to stage a false flag attack on its own territory to give it a pretense to escalate the war in Ukraine or expand it to include strikes on NATO countries. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned of such a scenario in late June, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sikorskiradek\/status\/2069434687668318477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">saying<\/a> at the time that \u201cI expect a false flag attack on Russian territory, to which Putin \u2018will respond.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Russians are planning something again; we have credible information,\u201d Sikorski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2026\/07\/09\/8043294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">told<\/a> the press several weeks later, on July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar public messaging \u2212 including the selective sharing of high-level intelligence by Western capitals \u2212 preceded the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the time, the Biden administration took the unprecedented step of declassifying and sharing with the public a large number of previously secret intelligence signals that pointed toward Russia preparing for a wholesale invasion of its western neighbor. Some officials and analysts have suggested the open sharing of information delayed the start of the invasion by several weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, said on July 9 that he hoped the current sharing of public warnings would similarly deter Russia from following through on its plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, no primary intelligence beyond the verbal statements made by high-level figures has been publicly shared so far by the Western countries now raising the alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has previously found ways to redirect Ukrainian drones that were launched by Kyiv to fall on NATO territory rather than reaching their intended targets of Russian military facilities, industry and oil storage facilities. 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