“We are with our allies from NATO in the face of these violations of the airspace and we will defend every whole NATO territory,” said Whitaker on the portal X. This is the first official commentary of the Washington representative on this topic.
The White House, Department of State and Pentagon have not yet answered PAP questions regarding the night violations of Poland.
Russian drones flew to Poland. NATO reaction
At night, the Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by Russian drones. According to the information provided by the prime minister, “a large part of them arrived directly from Belarus” and three were shot down. Donald Tusk said that 19 violations were recorded in total.
NATO reacted about events in Poland. “This is the first case when NATO aircraft took action against potential threats in the airspace of the alliance's member states,” reads the statement. The alliance also emphasized that not only Dutch and Polish forces reacted to the invasion of Russian drones into the Polish airspace, but also German or Italian.
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka later reported that NATO was launched by art. 4. North Atlantic Pact. This article enables urgent consultation between the alliance's Member States. It is about situations in which one of the member countries will consider that its territorial integrity, political independence or security are threatened. This provision allows you to convene high -level conversations to discuss the threats and how to counteract them. It is worth emphasizing that this is not a defense mechanism within the meaning of Art. 5 NATO.
