On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the operational command of the armed forces of the Armed Forces informed that during Russia's night attack on Ukraine, Poland airspace was repeatedly violated by drones.
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The raid of Russian drones. In these towns they fell
In the morning, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that there was 19 crossing of the Polish airspace And for the first time the drones came from Belarus. Those that pose a direct threat were shot down. As at 20 The remains of 16 drones were found.
According to data provided by the police, finding a total of 16 drones in the towns: Czosnówka, Cześniki, Krzywowierzba-Kolonia, Mniszków, Oleśno, Wielkie Łan, Wohyń, Wyhalew, Przeryki, Zabłocie-Kolonia, Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Bychawka Trzecia, between Radiany-Sewerynów, Czyżów, Sobótka, Smyków.
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At the request of Poland, consultations were held under art. 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty. President Karol Nawrocki, who led a briefing at the National Security Bureau, announced that the National Security Council would be convened within 48 hours. It is known that It will take place on Thursday at 17.
Most commentators are consistent that the drones of the drones over Poland are probably large -scale provocation. It was also a test of defense systems that, according to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, fulfilled their function.
Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski announced that Charge d'Affaires of the Russian embassy in Warsaw was given a protest note. Quite unexpectedly, support for Poland was to come from Belarus. The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army General Wiesław Kukuła announced that last night, when the drones fell to the country, Poland received warnings from the Belarusian side about facilities heading towards Poland.
Drone raids on Poland. World reaction
Poland has received verbal support from many parts of the world and announcements of real help. The reaction of NATO allies is unambiguous – to Poland In the following days and weeks, equipment will flow in, which will strengthen the Polish air defense. US President Donald Trump was to provide allied unity.
The invasion of Russian drones to Poland became the subject of the message of the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen about the EU state. According to her, this is one of the premises that should lead Europe to increase pressure on Russia. She proposed a faster departure from Russian raw materials and the use of frozen assets.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte assessed on Wednesday that the North Atlantic Alliance and individual allies, “including Poland itself, but also the Netherlands, Italy and Germany”, they reacted very effectively to the invasion of Russian drones into Polish airspace. Allies expressed solidarity with Poland and condemned Russia's actions. The alliance, however, does not treat this event as an attack.
“We need more protection of our airspace” – said Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski in an interview with CNN. Sikorski also assessed that Vladimir Putin Kpi Kpi KPi from the efforts of Donald Trump in favor of peace. Meanwhile Ukraine has offered Poland to help, training and experience in combating Iranian Shahed assault drones.
The head of the Ministry of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that He received information from the Minister of Defense of Sweden about urgent sending another support to Poland, including anti -aircraft defense and aircraft.
“With two Patriot, NASAMS systems, anti -gun systems and 300 soldiers, we will be able to implement advanced measures. Today has shown that this is more important than ever for our joint security, “wrote the Dutch defense minister Ruben Bretelmans on platform X.
Drone raids on Poland. Russia's reaction
What does Russia say? “The Russian army did not plan to attack Poland” – the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced on Wednesday. It indicated that he was ready for talks on this subject with the Polish defense department.
In Russia, pro -government media and so -called War bloggers provide false information about drones.
Drone raids on Poland. Financial markets reaction
How do financial markets react? The invasion of many drones into the Polish airspace caused a nervous atmosphere in the markets. However, the fear of joining Poland to military operations alongside Ukraine in response to the incident disappeared during the day. The zloty lost, the actions fell, but the scale of these declines in the second part of the day was already smaller than in the morning. We write more about it here.
