Poland said that it had scrambled its own NATO air defenses to shoot drones on its territory after repeated violations of its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine in what the Polish army called an “act of aggression”.
He marked the first time in the war that Warsaw engaged Russian assets in his airspace.
“An operation is underway linked to the repeated violation of Polish airspace,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on Wednesday “The army used weapons against objects.”
He said that he had informed NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, the actions undertaken by the Polish side. He also said that he was in “constant contact” with the newly elected president of Poland Karol Nawrocki and the operational commander.
The Military Command of Poland said that drones have repeatedly violated Polish airspace during the Russian attack in western Ukraine. The radars followed more than 10 objects and those who could represent a threat were “neutralized,” said command.
“Some of the drones that have entered our airspace have been killed.”
The Polish army says that “Polish and ally aviation operations linked to the violations of Polish airspace has concluded” but that the search for fallen drones and their impact site is underway.
In an article on X, he urged people not to touch or approach and an object or to unknown debris, warning that they can contain dangerous materials. He also thanked NATO and the Royal Air Force in the Netherlands to help “security in the Polish sky”.
Police discovered a damaged drone in the Polish village oriental of Czosnowka, police of the Lublin region announced on Wednesday.
The operations of the airports in Warsaw, Modlin and Rzeszow have resumed, while Lublin airport remains temporarily closed, told the private TVN24 television station.
The first reports on the possible violations of Polish airspace emerged late Tuesday evening after the Air Force of Ukraine said that Russian drones had entered Poland’s airspace, constituting a threat to the city of Zamość.
The alleged foray occurs one day after Mr. Nawrocki warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to invade more countries after launching his war in Ukraine.
“We do not trust the good intentions of Vladimir Putin,” said Nawrocki on Tuesday at a press conference in Helsinki.
Poland has been under high alert for objects entering its airspace since an wandering Ukrainian missile struck a South Polish village in 2022, killing two people, a few months after the Invasion of Russia on a large scale of Ukraine. But no Polish or allied defense system destroying drones.
The incident occurs shortly before Russia and Bélarus started military exercises on Friday, which raised security problems in the region.
Poland on Tuesday said that it would close its border with the Bélarus as a precautionary measure, neighboring Lithuania also declaring that it would intensify its border controls. – Guardian / Reuters
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