NATO launches new Eastern Centre command after record Russian drone incursions
The NATO chief on Friday announced the creation of a new Eastern Centre command to reinforce its eastern flank after a series of Russian drone violations of allied airspace, including what the alliance described as the largest such incident to date in Poland.
New Eastern Centre command
On Wednesday’s incident where Russian drones violated Polish airspace, activating NATO’s air defences, Secretary General Mark Rutte told a press briefing in Brussels: “Russia’s recklessness in the air along our eastern flank is increasing in frequency. We have seen drones violate our airspace in Romania, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, whether intentional or not, it is dangerous and unacceptable.”
Saying the alliance’s “core task” is to deter aggression and defend all of its members from threats, he announced: “Today … NATO is launching Eastern Centre to bolster our posture even further along our eastern flank.” With contributions from Denmark, France, the UK, Germany and others, this military activity will commence in “the coming days,” he said.
Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich, alongside the NATO chief, said the new initiative would “be flexible and agile, delivering even more focused deterrence and defence exactly when and where needed.”
‘New defence design’
He stressed that “the key to this is an entirely new defence design,” moving from separate air policing and ground defences to “a comprehensive and integrated approach.” With added resources, he said, NATO will “be able to plug gaps in, to concentrate forces where we need to defend at a moment of a particular threat, and will have much better communication across the entire eastern flank.”
“Poland and citizens from across the alliance should be assured by our rapid response earlier this week and our significant announcement here today (that) NATO will continue to defend every inch of its territory,” Grynkewich said.
Warsaw said on Wednesday that its airspace was violated by drones amid overnight airstrikes between Russia and Ukraine, calling the incursion an “act of aggression.” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the troops were Russian, with authorities initially recording 19 airspace violations.
The Russian Defence Ministry denied any intention to strike targets on Polish territory during the attacks, which it claimed targeted enterprises of Kyiv’s military-industrial complex in western Ukraine. It also expressed Moscow’s readiness to discuss the incident with officials from Poland.
Partly a reaction to the deception about being energy cheap. Gas supplies to Europe are being permanently cut off and redirected through Mongolia (which is beneficial for them, I suppose) and into China. As a result, China and Russia will thrive. These countries will do business with each other in a more fair and mutually beneficial way, as opposed to the top-down policies of the USA or the EU. Europe, on the other hand, is finished, largely due to its misguided sanctions.
Although a lot of Russian energy has been coming through India to the EU, it seems that this is now shifting elsewhere. This shift happened after Trump imposed tariffs on India. You can jump as high as you want, but cheap energy from Russia is now a thing of the past. Just ask yourself: who benefits from the Nord Stream pipeline being blown up, as Biden predicted? LNG from the USA? Sure, it’s “cheap,” but at what cost? Spin it any way you want, but energy prices have not only risen significantly since the refusal to import Russian energy, they’ve skyrocketed. You can verify this for yourself.
Germany’s GDP, the EU’s largest contributor, has already dropped by 3%, with most of that loss due to cutting off Russian energy. Spin it however you want, but both large and small companies are struggling to afford the soaring energy prices. An extra 5% of GDP is going to NATO, which means 8% of Germany’s GDP is gone, with unemeployment rising. Only Japan is doing worse. Meanwhile, the overall growth of the EU’s GDP is a fraction of the growth in the USA. You can look this up.
Just look at Europe: Macron claims he has twenty-six countries offering troops to send to Ukraine, with Poland planning to send 40,000 to the border. For what? A few drones that were either a mistake or a false flag? Zelenskyy is relentlessly trying to drag NATO into war, sending young men to fight a fabricated enemy, all while avoiding any real effort to end the conflict. This keeps the war going and prevents us from confronting the failure of governance. Without those young men, it’s much harder to challenge corrupt governments. What a mess.
France is now needing an IMF bailout, and the UK is in the same situation. But the blame is always shifted to Russia, Fidesz, or whoever else is in the crosshairs. And now, Europe finds itself back under the influence of the USA. How do you think that will play out? Tariffs if you don’t behave? We missed out on securing the cheapest LNG, all because we trusted politicians to make the right decisions. We missed out because they allowed society to decay: burdening us with unpayable sovereign debt, pushing mass immigration on us both socially and economically, imposing sanctions on Russia, forcing green energy and net-zero policies (just look at how that went in Spain), and cutting off our best energy deal.
Furthermore, we missed out because we allowed politicians to send billions of our money to fund a war that never should have started. One of the most corrupt countries in the world, not part of the EU or NATO. Billions of our tax money, all because of fearmongering bureaucrats. And we weren’t just passive in this; we were made to believe that we had to do it, because otherwise, we’d be “learning Russian soon” (Rutte is a real scumbag—like that guy from Ukraine). I say: learn Arabic. Real threats there. But do not talk about it!
We missed out on protesting the erosion of free speech in the EU (remember that brilliant speech from JD Vance in Munich last year?) We missed out because we allowed the EU to meddle in elections (like in Romania, where they sent 100,000 asylum seekers as soon as they could). But those people aren’t going to die for you on the battlefield. The EU is becoming an increasingly authoritarian system (just look at how free speech is being curtailed; encrypted messages may soon be outlawed under the pretext of “protecting children from abuse”—yeah, right). It’s a system designed to keep those in power in place.
Sooner or later, the EU will default (just like it happened in 1931). France will have to default on the IMF, making it the second-largest contributor to the EU. What do you think will happen then?
What will happen to the euro? The currency itself is poorly designed, with each country having its own interest rates. When one country falls, it burdens the others, as we saw with Greece in 2010. How about France now? And what about pension funds? Again: who will overthrow these governments when we’re in the middle of a war, or when young men are no longer here? That’s the plan. So these incompetent bureaucrats can stay in power, fulfilling their dreams of making Europe “great again” by taking control of Russia’s vast resources: minerals, timber, oil, gas, coal, and agricultural land. Human nature at its best, no?
Macron, sometimes referred to as “Petit Napoleon,” is loud and clear about this ambition. Von der Leyen, Starmer, Kallas, the entire NATO alliance (except for the leader of the pack, who is probably smart enough to stay out of a confrontation with Russia unless it benefits him), and others are all pointing toward war. Twenty-six countries, right?
So, we missed out on cheap energy. But unfortunately, we missed out on so many other things, and now we’re on the verge of collapse. The EU is done. Putin doesn’t even want it. It has nothing—no minerals, no energy. Nothing but problems. Russia has it all. The estimated value of Russia’s minerals, energy, agricultural land, and other resources ranges from $20 trillion to as much as $75 trillion. And the EU is after it. Just use your brain: Putin coming in for this mess? Laughable. The EU, with Zelenskyy as a frontman, betraying his own people with the promise of peace dancing for the EU, is pushing every red line Putin sets, trying to provoke him into war, rally an army, invade, and rob Russia. We should be glad that Putin did not tkae the bait, yet.
That is reality. This play has happened over and over again in history, and it’s repeating itself now. Looks like we are going to miss out on peace as well, with NATO pushing eastwards and breaking its promises. Again. Well, you’ve got Rutte for that—he’s the man for the job. Just look at what he did in the Netherlands.
Now, I’ve accepted a new job offer outside the EU, where I was also working from 2014-2024. That means I’m out of here. Out of this country, out of the EU, in a safer place. With a responsible job which will absorb a lot of time and energy (sic). I do not think at all that I convinced any of you, and I do not care, but mark my words, you can ridicule them all you want, but remember what I said. Or not. It’s up to you. I am gone. Good luck to you all.
Goodbye, Peti, and good luck. Will you, like the Orbán children, move to the USA ? Or are reason enough to move to Russia the business opportunities there that you praise ? Your choices could inform us all
No, it’s Switzerland, where I will be working as the head of the department of risky investments at an international investment fund. I have already worked there for over twenty years (Frankfurt, London, and Zürich). Studied econometrics and law. Going there tomorrow night.