The spokesperson for Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paweł Wroński states that the NATO missile defense base in Redzikowo, Poland, is purely defensive despite provocative statements from the Russian Federation,

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the NATO anti-missile base in Poland "another provocative step," accusing the U.S. of "projecting American power" onto other territories. Zakharova also threatened that the base could be targeted with Russia's latest weapons if necessary,