Putin aide threatens Poland’s existence after Warsaw says NATO can defeat Russia ‘quite quickly’

Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev has threatened that Polish statehood would “cease to exist” within two or three days if Poland entered a war with Russia, saying Moscow would use its full available arsenal. The threat followed Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski’s statement that NATO could defeat Russia quickly if Moscow attacked, citing the alliance’s overwhelming air-power advantage.