NATO country orders citizens to immediately evacuate Iran, warning 'possibility of a conflict is very real'

NATO state and U.S. state Poland warned its citizens Thursday to instantly fly Iran, with its premier curate saying the "possibility of a struggle is precise real." 

The remarks from Donald Tusk travel arsenic the U.S. has been bolstering its subject beingness successful the Middle East, with tensions escalating implicit Iran’s atomic program. 

"Please permission Iran instantly and nether nary circumstances question to this country," Tusk said Thursday successful the municipality of Zielonka extracurricular of Warsaw, according to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. "I bash not privation to alarm anyone, but we each cognize what I americium referring to. The anticipation of a struggle is precise real." 

"In a few, a dozen, oregon respective twelve hours, evacuation whitethorn nary longer beryllium possible," Tusk reportedly added.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, followed by Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, watches an unfastened trial of unmanned limb systems conducted by the Polish Armaments Group astatine the Military Institute of Armament Technology grooming crushed successful Zielonka, adjacent Warsaw, Poland, connected Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.  (Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The world’s largest craft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its onslaught radical are moving from the Caribbean toward the Middle East.  

The determination would spot 2 craft carriers and their accompanying warships successful the region.  

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The world's largest craft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, was seen successful the North Sea during the NATO Neptune Strike 2025 workout successful September 2025. (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)

The USS Abraham Lincoln and 3 guided-missile destroyers arrived successful the Middle East much than 2 weeks ago.   

On Wednesday, U.S. Central Command posted photos showing F/A-18 Super Hornets landing connected the decks of the USS Abraham Lincoln successful the Arabian Sea.

F/A-18 Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 14 onshore connected the platform of USS Abraham Lincoln successful the Arabian Sea successful this representation released Wednesday, Feb. 18, by U.S. Central Command. (U.S. Central Command)

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"When launched from a catapult connected an craft carrier, the Super Hornet tin spell from a afloat halt to airborne successful nether 3 seconds," CENTCOM said. 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.