Vladimir Putin planning huge revenge strikes against countries supporting Ukraine

Speaking before the Polish parliament today, Prime Minister Tusk said the planned strikes would be designed to appear "accidental," with the aim of undermining Nato members' willingness to trigger the alliance's collective defence provisions if one of them were attacked.

He told lawmakers: "These potential strikes would be quote-unquote 'accidental' in nature, intended to paralyse or at least weaken the resolve of Nato states to invoke the relevant Nato provisions in the event of aggression against a member country."

Prime Minister Tusk declined to identify which intelligence services had issued the warning.

Warsaw's Russian Embassy has offered no immediate response to the Prime Minister's comments.

The warning came as Russia unleashed a devastating overnight barrage against Kyiv and multiple other Ukrainian cities, injuring more than 20 people.

Ukraine's air force reported that the assault involved Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, four additional cruise missiles and close to 160 drones.

Donald Tusk issued a warning against Russia's offensive

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Eight regions across Ukraine sustained damage, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

In the capital alone, 20 people were wounded, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed, after air raid sirens and the thunder of defensive systems echoed throughout the night.

A subsequent daytime assault on western Ukraine, dangerously close to the Polish frontier, forced Warsaw to scramble fighter jets.

Prime Minister Tusk said: "A massive attack on the western part of Ukraine very close to the Polish border has just ended," with the Polish military confirming no breach of its airspace had occurred.

President Vladimir Putin has been issued a warning

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Airports in Rzeszów and Lublin were shut temporarily, while residents in two eastern Polish regions received air raid alerts.

Local reports described sirens blaring and schoolchildren taking cover in shelters.

Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that Poland was bolstering its airspace defences. "We have increased F-16 and helicopter activity and are reinforcing our air defence and rapid response systems," he wrote on X.

The heightened tensions followed an incident on Sunday when a Russian drone struck a passenger train inside Ukraine merely two kilometres from the Polish border.

Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue

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Moscow has been suspected by European governments of orchestrating a string of sabotage operations in recent months aimed at pressuring allies, particularly Germany, that are assisting Kyiv in resisting the full-scale invasion.

The Kremlin has firmly rejected these accusations.

Prime Minister Tusk cautioned that such Russian aggression could be timed to coincide with political shifts across Europe, as parties more sympathetic to Moscow gain influence.

He pointed to forces that, "increasingly invoking noble slogans of peace, pacifism and needless casualties, will call for peace or rather, the total capitulation of Ukraine."

His remarks appeared directed at the rising fortunes of France's National Rally and Germany's Alternative for Germany.

The AfD party has been notoriously pro-Russian

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The warning landed amid a significant transatlantic development: the US House of Representatives passed comprehensive sanctions and tariff legislation on Wednesday, named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, designed to intensify economic pressure on Russia.

The bill now awaits President Donald Trump's signature.

Kyiv hailed the measure as an "extremely powerful tool" capable of compelling Russia to end hostilities.

The Kremlin countered that additional American sanctions would only complicate peace negotiations.