Putin preparing to attack another European country, Zelenskyy says

[ancianita]

Source: The Guardian

Speaking in Kyiv after his meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York, the Ukrainian president said Russia was preparing for a bigger conflict. “Putin will not wait to finish his war in Ukraine. He will open up some other direction. Nobody knows where. He wants that,” he said.

Ukraine’s president said the Kremlin was deliberately checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies, after drone sightings in Denmark, Poland and Romania and the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets. More drones were spotted on Friday night above a Danish military base, and over a Norwegian base on Saturday.

Zelenskyy suggested EU governments were struggling to deal with this new and dangerous threat. Earlier this month, Ukraine spotted 92 drones flying towards Poland in a “choreographed” way. It intercepted most of them. Nineteen crossed into Polish territory, where the Poles shot four down.

“I am not comparing our forces. We are at war and they [Poland] are not,” he said. Zelenskyy said representatives from several unnamed countries would travel to Ukraine to receive “practical training” in how to repel Russian aerial attacks. “We are ready to share our experience,” he added.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/27/putin-preparing-to-attack-another-european-country-zelenskyy-says

[Sneederbunk]

1. If its a NATO country, Pootie is going to FAFO.

[bluestarone]

2. Would love to believe that, BUT

America is GONE. Gonna take a miracle to get our America back!

[Irish_Dem]

3. I will believe it when I see it.

Biden had to twist arms in Europe to get them to do anything about Russia.
They had sweetheart money deals with Putin and didn't want to mess that up.

Europe hopes the US will take care of things.
But they are on their own now.

[ancianita]

4. Agree. NATO will bomb Moscow+bases into oblivion.

We'll have the missile defenses to fend off nuclear sub attempts; we have far better overall nuclear defense than Putin knows.

[Sneederbunk]

5. And hopefully NATO will send troops to Ukraine.

[ancianita]

6. Welp, if Putin takes his shot & NATO bombs RU into oblivion, Ukraine will take care of itself, yes?

[Igel]

7. More likely he'd figure that as soon as NATO's seriously threatened

or attacked the response from Europe will be to keep all their munitions for themselves, allowing Ukraine to fall into Russian hands.

[ancianita]

14. Interesting to consider. I don't think he thinks in zero sum, though. The timeline is on his side with NATO.

When NATO's attacked, it bombs Moscow+bases into oblivion, it can't harm Ukraine, then both Ukraine and EU are perhaps damaged but survive.

[bluestarone]

8. THAT would make my day!

[Polybius]

11. So will we all

When over 1,000 nukes go off.

[IronLionZion]

9. Will the USA be on the side of NATO or Russia?

serious question

[ancianita]

15. The USA will do whatever the felon tells it; he'll see who's winning and join that side, which he's already trending

toward right now, even as he talks out of both sides of his snake mouth.

[markodochartaigh]

10. Ukraine is a very large country for Europe with

extraordinary human, agricultural, and mineral resources. I could see a future where President Zelenskyy is seen as the father of a country which is one of the main pillars of world democracy.

[ancianita]

16. Yep. They have the nukes and he doesn't but his country is almost as big as the EU. Net gain for both.

[Wednesdays]

12. If Putin attacks a NATO country, he's opening a can of whoopass on himself

And all the countries mentioned in the OP (other than Ukraine) are NATO.

[Nululu]

13. Why all generals summoned to meeting

If it happens during Hegaeth's meeting for all generals next week you'll know why meeting called: to halt response to Russia attack on Nato.

[ancianita]

17. It's one theory but not the only one.

[Nululu]

21. Agreed. But possible for the Putin lovers

[cstanleytech]

18. Seeing as he's already invaded part of Moldova he'll probably send more troops to take even more.

[LudwigPastorius]

19. Yeah, Russia has been actively trying to destabilize Moldova for years.

The most recent fuckery: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/26/europe/moldova-election-russia-sandu-intl

The only question I have is will Putin attempt to invade Moldova before he actively takes control of Belarus.

https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-plans-to-take-over-belarus-by-2030-leaked-document-2023-2

[cstanleytech]

20. I suspect it's about the natural oil and gas pipelines that Putin and others in Russia want to run along the Black Sea.

They see conquering the territory cheaper than having to negotiate and pay both Ukraine and Moldiva money to do so.

[DFW]

22. I suspect this about Moldova, too

They already have a large portion (about 30%) of Russian speakers. There are close to equal numbers of ethnic Ukrainians and "Moldovans," who are essentially Romanians with another accent. Moldova is not part of NATO, and has a reputation for being a safe haven for European organized crime. It's definitely VVP's kind of place