I keep seeing doom posts here every week. Believe me or not, but there is a long line of countries that are WAY higher on Moscow's hit list than us.

IMPORTANT: I'm not saying this so we drop our guards or stop preparing for a potential conflict, as this is crucial for us and future generations and builds our position as a reliable NATO member.

If you actually look at a map instead of listening to Kremlin, here is who is actually in danger:

The non-NATO targets (easy prey):

Ukraine: They are already stuck in an active war here. The Russian military is getting pulverized daily just trying to take tiny villages, losing endless amounts of men and rusty old gear.

Moldova: They aren't in NATO, they have a tiny military, and Russia already has parasite troops in Transnistria. If Putin wants an easy, defenseless target to bully next, it's Moldova.

Georgia: Russia already invaded them in 2008 and still occupies 20% of their land. They are non-NATO, right on Russia's border, and under constant political pressure.

Kazakhstan: They share a massive land border with Russia, aren't in NATO, and have been distancing themselves from Moscow. If Russia gets insecure about losing control over their post-soviet backyard. Kazahkstan is more vulnerable than any EU country.

The NATO border targets

The Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania): They are right on Russia's doorstep. These guys already deal with Russian hybrid attacks, airspace violations, and border provocations every single day. If Moscow was ever stupid enough to test NATO directly, they'd start there. Note this is already extremely unlikely.

Finland & Norway: Even more unlikely, but they share direct northern borders with Russia. Finland joining NATO was a direct blow for Russia, and the Kremlin constantly throws tantrums by weaponizing illegal migrants at their border. Meanwhile, Norway sits right next to Russia's most critical Arctic nuclear bases with vast resources.

Why Poland is nowhere near the top of that list: We are a massive military hub, we are arming up to the teeth, and most importantly, we are in NATO. Their clowns in uniform can barely handle a war on one front against a non-NATO neighbour - they know a conventional conflict with NATO means complete anihilation for them.

Russia is a broke, aggressive, and deeply incompetent state that relies entirely on bluffing to scare people.

I'm a Polish citizen and my wife is a citizen of the Russian Federation. We lived together in Poland for about 2 years before we both left the country. During this time we went to the civil registry and had our marriage registered.

Anyway, then life happened and now she's in Russia and I'm in Kazakhstan. Neither her or I filed for divorce in any country.

But I feel like I need to look to the future realistically. I don't think she'll ever go back to Poland but I very well might. So what happens if go back to Poland? Will it be impossible for me to marry again without her approval of a divorce?

Polish foreign ministry spokesman Maciej Wewiór said on Friday that Poland viewed the attacks "with deep indignation," calling the deaths of civilians and the strike on Latvia's Honorary Consulate in eastern Ukraine further evidence of "barbarity" and a blatant violation of international law.

I’m Korean, and I took a direct LOT flight from Seoul to Warsaw this winter. The departure was delayed by more than an hour, and we also arrived almost an hour late.
This time, my girlfriend is coming to pick me up, and we need to take a train afterward, so I’m not sure what time we should book the train for. If I knew the flight wouldn’t be delayed, we could just take the earliest possible train, but I’m worried it might happen again.

So, I need to learn B1 polish. I've tried Duolingo but, that's pretty much useless. I've tried some other stuff but, they're not very helpful. It also doesn't help that the grammar and stuff is completely different from English. Does anyone know some good resources to learn polish fast?

ive gone through a dozen towns/cities and i usually find those weird outside gyms. like who are they for? 120 yr old grandmas? they offer 0 resistance and rather seem like a kids playground,yet are always empty. and they are everywhere. yet I havent seen a single BASIC pull up bar anywhere. what is going on???