Polish Defence Minister: Russian manoeuvres were to divide NATO

"Judging by the Kremlin's activity we can say they are systematically preparing for aggressive actions," Polish Minister of Defence Antoni Macierewicz commented on Tuesday. Macierewicz claims Moscow wants to show everybody "they own the Baltic sea". "It's time to talk openly about it if we want to avoid the trap that we got caught in before. The West used to tell us there would be no war in Europe in the next 20 years. They were under illusions that Russia would become a NATO member. Russia's goal is to show that the (Baltic) sea is closed to NATO. And I expected such provocations from them. I told it to the head of NATO during our last meeting", Macierewicz proclaimed.