Respondents were asked, “Do you think NATO states should shoot down Russian fighters violating the airspace of member countries?”
67 percent The percentage of respondents answered “yes”; 24.2 percent – “It's hard to say/I don't have an opinion”; and 8.7 percent respondents chose the answer “no”.
As Onet pointed out, men (73.4 percent) are more likely to shoot down Russian fighters than women (61.3 percent). Support for such action also increases with age: in the range up to 24 years behind this solution is 54.7 percent. respondents, and among people over 50 years old – 70.3 percent
Tusk: The government is ready for any decision
On Monday, Prime Minister Tusk stated at a press conference that the government is ready for “every decision” that aims to destroy objects that could threaten us – for example, Russian fighters. He added, however, that before such a decision was made, “we must be sure that we will not be alone in it.”
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump was asked by journalists if he supported the shooting of Russian fighters by NATO, he replied – “I support”. Asked whether the US would support allies in this, he indicated that “it depends on the circumstances.”
Three Russian MiG-31 fighters flew into the airspace of Estonia near the island of Vaindloo on the Gulf of Finnish last week and remained there for about 12 minutes. On the night of September 9-10, over 20 Russian drones burst into the Polish airspace. Several were shot down by NATO fighters
