I’m sure it’s nothing. 25/08/26 CIA Director visits Moscow 12/09/26 Russia flies drone across the Suwalki gap into Kaliningrad in an apparent attempt to test/analyze air defense layers. 17/09/26 Russians are increasing availability of military use hospital beds in their northwest regions by 20,000. -Kyrylo Sazonov 17/09/26 * Tusk makes his strongest warning yet. * He says Polish, NATO, Ukrainian and U.S. intelligence indicates Russia may be preparing possible drone and missile attacks against countries supporting Ukraine, including NATO countries. * Tusk says such attacks could potentially be designed to look accidental. * He warns that Russia could use ambiguity to test whether NATO would invoke collective defense. 17/09/26 * French President Emmanuel Macron convenes French intelligence and security officials. * France increases attention to Russian hybrid threats, critical infrastructure, cyber activity and drones. * Macron emphasizes that Europe should prepare for Russian actions without assuming that every incident represents a conventional military attack. 17/09/26 “We are a nation that may lose territory, but we will never lose our soul; we may surrender territory, but we will never surrender our Homeland.” Karol Nawrocki 17/09/26 We know he (Putin) is plotting something.” “Poland and the Polish people cannot, under any circumstances, afford to be naïve or engaged in wishful thinking. We must base our actions on facts, and those facts are unequivocal.” 18/09/26 “We must remain united in the face of crises” Emmanuel Macron 18/09/26 “The (UK) government wants us all to start preparing for severe disruption to our lives. It wants us to start stockpiling canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.” BBC 18/09/26 “Germany is readying hospitals for a potential conflict with Russia, Lithuania has revised its evacuation plans, and NATO troops are drilling in the Baltic region, while Belarusian forces have carried out large-scale maneuvers near the Lithuanian border.” Politico (These training maneuvers simulated incursions into the Suwalki gap.) 18/09/26 Latvia confirms Polish intelligence reports indicating that Russia plans to send small special operations teams across NATO borders in an attempt to test NATO’s article 5 response.