The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain has reported that Typhoon Royal Air Force fighters (RAF) will perform a mission of air defense over Poland as part of the NATO mission of the Eastern Guard. In the ministry's statement we read that “Great Britain's involvement in defending every centimeter of NATO allies is unwavering“.
“Typhoon Raf fighters will join allies and perform the mission of air defense over Poland as part of the Eastern Guard after Russian drones in an irresponsible and dangerous manner invaded Poland last week” – reads the British ministry.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain spoke
Meanwhile, the prime minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer in an interview with the Channel 4 station announced that Eurofighter Typhoon fighters would reach Poland. – This is the right action. It would be wrong to ignore this growing aggression on the part of Putinfrom Russia – he assessed. This decision is a response to the invasion of Russian drones over Poland, which occurred last week, as well as the announcement of “additional air defense”.
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The British prime minister emphasized that Russia's actions were not accidental. – It wasn't a coincidence. Just a few weeks ago, British Council was bombed in Kiev, an attack on the EU embassy and direct strikes on the headquarters of the Council of Ministers in Kiev itself – he said. – It is absolutely clear that the Russians escalate aggression. It is very important that we and NATO allies react to it properly – and that's what we do today – stressed Starmer.
Russian drones over Poland
On the night of September 9-10, Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by Russian drones. Those that pose a direct threat were shot down by Polish and allied aviation – for the first time in the modern history of Poland in the airspace of the country, the air force used weapons.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday that the Alliance launches the Mission of the Eastern Guard to strengthen the eastern flank. The mission is to participate, among others Danish F-16, French Rafale and German Eurofightery.
