The Russian drones that were shot down in Polish airspace overnight went as far as 150-miles deep into the NATO nation — with the defense block slamming it as a « reckless » incursion while Moscow claims Ukraine is to blame.
The Russian drones that were shot down in Polish airspace overnight went as far as 150-miles deep into the NATO nation — with the defense block slamming it as a “reckless” incursion while Moscow claims Ukraine is to blame.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at least 19 objects entered the country’s airspace Tuesday night, with the Russian drones shot down in areas much deeper into Poland than at any previous incident during the Ukraine war.
As European military leaders slammed the incident as a deliberate assault on a NATO nation, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that the deployment of drones over Poland was a clear escalation from Moscow.
“Whether it was intentionally or not, it is absolutely reckless. It is absolutely dangerous,” Rutte told reporters on Wednesday.
Tusk described the overnight incident as “the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two.”
Local officials discovered drone parts as far as Mniszkow, a city in central Poland located about 82 miles southwest of Warsaw — and more than 150 miles from the Ukraine border.
