WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Hopes for a peaceful solution in Ukraine are fading, and contingency plans for potential conflict in former-Soviet NATO republics are in place, Poland's defense minister said Thursday.
Tomasz Siemoniak called Russia's involvement in helping pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine Europe's biggest security threat since the end of the Cold War. He added there is "no reason to believe in Russia's good intentions" as Ukraine attempts to integrate itself into Western Europe.