in warsaw, liliana smiech, president of the warsaw institute, a polish nonprofit think tank specialising in geopolitics and international affairs. in berlin, ben aris, founder and editor-in-chief of bne intellinews, a business media company focusing on emerging markets. also, michal baranowski, senior fellow and managing director at german marshall fund east, a nonprofit, transatlantic organization. a warm welcome to inside story. in warsaw, when it comes to any potential aggression from russia, warsaw accuses belarus of effect and in an advance on its borders from wagner group. how worried should we be? >> it all depends on what the wagner group will do in belarus. we have considered belarus as basically military space of russia. belarus is losing 70. the wagner group and nuclear weapons are coming. poland is on the front of this confrontation with russia, given that 90% of military aid to ukraine goes through poland and poland is becoming a strong nato ally along with spending over 40% on defense this year. sohail: how worried should we be about the buildup of russians ally on the bela