Poland is considering making amendments to the provisions that would allow it to shooting down Russian drones and rockets in the Ukrainian airspace even without the consent of NATO commanders. The Ministry of National Defense proposed such changes in June this year, but in the context of the last drone attack on Poland, considering these very important changes for Poland and Ukraine will be accelerated.
Interestingly, Poland had the legal ability to destroy Russian missiles and drones in Ukrainian airspace without any coordination with NATO actually until February 2022. However, the Polish government introduced changes aimed at better coordination of Polish efforts with NATOand thus, just a day before Russia's attack on a full scale on Ukraine, a provision appeared in Polish national legislation that effectively prevented any independent actions of the country's armed forces.
Could Poland shoot Russian drones over Ukraine?
Perhaps at that time the government led by Law and Justice politicians He was counting on a more serious reaction of the West to all aggressive actions of Moscow And that the United States and other NATO countries will quickly defend Poland if its airspace and territory are threatened by Moscow.
Currently, however, it is clear that The West is in no hurry to make any serious decisions related to the destruction of Russian equipment Not only in the Ukrainian airspace, but also in the airspace of Poland or Romania. What's more, they try to avoid any actions that theoretically could lead to conflict with Russia.
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This creates a paradoxical situation: Russian drones and missiles can fly into the Polish airspace from Ukraine, while at the legislative level Poland has no real possibilities of taking preventive steps to protect your own airspace.
And now the situation can change, I would say to normal. Especially in the context of the statement of US President Donald Trump that European countries should destroy Russian rockets or drones in their own airspace. However, he said nothing about the Ukrainian airspace. He also did not say whether the US would help their European allies when they need to destroy Russian air objects.
Putin's drones can still come back to Poland
Of course, the creation of a common drone zone over the western regions of Ukraine and the eastern provinces of Poland is the most effective and logical response to the last Russian drone attack on Poland. Especially since we see the escalation of the situation in Europe. Denmark has been the target of a hybrid drone attack of unknown origin for several days, and many people in this European country are convinced that Moscow is behind the airspace blockage. The last raid of drones to Denmark, which led to the closing of many airports in the country, focused on military installations. A well -known fact is also Denmark's involvement in helping Ukraine in confrontation with Russian aggression.
So it is completely possible that The raid of drones of Russian origin in Poland may repeat itself. And this time it may not be scout drones, but real assault drones. You have to be naive to believe that reconnaissance drones are sent to the territory of the country of hostile Russia (there is no doubt that every NATO country is hostile to Russia) simply for sightseeing purposes. NO, They try or identify goals that can then be attacked by combat dronesor test the reaction of the air defense system in every specific European country to the flight of an unmanned aircraft over those objects that Moscow placed on its list to destroy.
Until recently, such activities of the Russian Federation could seem fantasy. Now we must understand that Drones can be fired not only from the Ukrainian airspace, but also from the territory of the European countries themselveswhich seems to take place in the case of Denmark. Finally, the Ukrainian operation “Spider”, which led to significant damage to Russian airports and combat aircraft, provides know-how, which can be successfully used by Russian special services in Europe.
Thus, a threat to European countries, a threat to military facilities of these countries, a threat to NATO It will grow every day, every month and every year of the Russian-Ukrainian warwhich no one in the Kremlin wants to end.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, in the Kremlin. Moscow, September 25, 2025PAP/EPA/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool
Therefore, European countries should be prepared for the fact that Russian will intensify with the Russian-Ukrainian war Hybrid war against NATO Member States, especially against the neighbors of Ukraine and countries that actively help Ukraine to oppose Russian aggression. In this situation, the indecision of the combined NATO command and the alliance's fears before a direct clash with Russia are already threatening the national interests of countries that can be attacked by Russian drones, and in the near future also rocket missiles.
Thus, the decision to create the legislative possibilities of shooting down a Russian drone or a Russian rocket over Poland is the most logical solution in this situation. And if Kiev and Warsaw manage to at least mechanically solve the issue of creating a common air defense space over western Ukraine and eastern Poland without NATO's consent, it will also be Security guarantee for Poland itself and the regions of Ukraine, which will be covered by this common system. Kiev will also have more opportunities to arrange air defense in the central and eastern regions of the country, which are constantly attacked by brutal Russian aggressors.
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