Urgent Warning: This is part of Putin's strategy; Europe is slipping toward a catastrophic conflict

Landsbergis, who stepped down from his post in November, criticized NATO for its lack of response to increasingly frequent Russian provocations &mdash; including fighter jet incursions and swarms of drones over alliance territory.A series of incidents, such as the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian MiG-31 fighter jets and drone intrusions over Poland, has raised concerns among European leaders.These actions, according to Landsbergis, are part of the Kremlin&rsquo;s &ldquo;shadow war&rdquo; strategy &mdash; a campaign aimed at testing NATO&rsquo;s resolve and probing the limits of its red lines.The drone incursions into Poland triggered Article 4 of the NATO treaty, which calls for urgent consultations among members, while NATO aircraft were forced to intervene in what became the first direct military engagement with Moscow, The Telegraph reported.&ldquo;Do we accept the reality that we might already be at war, or do we still believe we&rsquo;re in control?&rdquo; Landsbergis asked in a statement to the media.&ldquo;Allowing escalation to continue without a proper response brings us closer to the day when the situation becomes so obvious that it finally wakes up the West &mdash; but perhaps too late,&rdquo; said Landsbergis, whose country, located on NATO&rsquo;s eastern flank, has been acutely vulnerable to Russian threats since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.He also accused NATO of lacking strategic resolve.In a sarcastic post on X, the former minister wrote: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s comforting to think that when the first shots of World War III are fired, we&rsquo;ll at least be able to say we did everything we could to protect Russian money.&rdquo;His remark targeted the West&rsquo;s hesitation to confiscate frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.Landsbergis argued that terms such as &ldquo;hybrid war&rdquo; or &ldquo;gray zone&rdquo; downplay the severity of the situation.&ldquo;These are military operations with clear objectives, part of a broader strategy against the West,&rdquo; he said, urging a stronger and more decisive response.He also warned that continued Russian provocations could risk triggering Article 5 of the NATO treaty &mdash; which treats an attack on one member as an attack on all.&ldquo;If it comes to that, it will already be too late,&rdquo; he cautioned, stressing that such a development would mean a direct war with Russia.Landsbergis added that the alliance lacks clearly defined red lines.He proposed that NATO should publicly warn Moscow that further violations could lead to the delivery of long-range weapons &mdash; such as Germany&rsquo;s Taurus missiles or American Tomahawks &mdash; to Ukraine, allowing Kyiv to strike Russian military targets.&ldquo;Instead of asking whether we&rsquo;ll start World War III, we should be asking whether we&rsquo;ll stop it,&rdquo; Landsbergis concluded.

Urgent Warning: This is part of Putin's strategy; Europe is slipping toward a catastrophic conflict

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