The Minister of Defense, after multiplying the incidents with drones and aircraft of Russia: “At one point, if I insist, NATO countries will defend themselves”

The North Atlantic Alliance will defend its territory in the face of Russian challenges, says the Romanian Minister of Defense, Ionuț Mosteanu, who still considers that it is “long path” from actions such as those in Poland to war. The government official is convinced that the challenges from the Russian Federation in the region will continue.

“NATO will defend its territory and we are probably about to see, in fact, it happened in Poland, Russian armament was taken down with NATO armament. But that does not mean war, NATO, which has defended its territory. said Ionuţ Măiţanu Monday evening, at Antena 3.

He explained that, in the case of pilot planes, there are “interception procedures” which stipulate that “the resort to armament is the last instance, the last point”, according to news.ro.

Asked if the breaking of a Russian military aircraft that does not respond to the interception procedures would imply the beginning of the war, Mărianu replied: “NATO must defend their territory and this will do, these are all the signals that the Allies have been given in the last period, with them.”

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk previously stated during Monday that his country is willing to make “any decision” for the breaking of air targets that could represent a threat, such as aircraft or Russian drones, but only in clear violation situations of the Polish air space and only if there is a support from NATO.

Tusk's clarifications came in response to the statements of Czech President Petr Paul, a general who worked in NATO and suggested that the countries of this alliance be able to break Russian aircraft that would violate their airspace, claiming that Russia “will very soon realize that it has made a mistake” NATO.

Their statements came against the background of multiplying incidents with drones and Russian aircraft. On the night of September 9 to 10, about 20 drones entered the Polish airspace. Poland and NATO allies who have fighter jets in this country have dropped the rocket drones launched by F-16 and F-35 aircraft.

Last Friday, two Russian fighter jets flew at low altitude above the Petrobaltic oil platform, owned by the Polish State Company Orlen, in the Baltic Sea. The same day, three Russian MIG-31 fighter jets entered the Eston airspace, an incident that the Tallinn government described as an “unprecedented challenge” by Russia, which denied the entry of those airplanes of Estonia.

President Nicușor Dan convened the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country (CSAT) for Thursday, at 12.00. The meeting at the Cotroceni Palace will have the subject how the authorities will respond in the case of air space violations or other types of aircraft.