# ‘CRUCIAL FOR OUR SECURITY’: Polish PM warns Russia is escalating war in Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/video/38116

- Fox News, 2026-08-31 03:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l0WZEd1RtQ

> Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker discusses President Donald Trump’s claim that Russia will not attack NATO allies and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s warning that Russia is escalating the war in Ukraine.

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