In connection with reports of the appearance of Russian drones, the Polish authorities closed several airports, including the airport in the capital, Warsaw. This information was provided by several media, citing the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The announcement addressed to pilots wrote that the Chopin Airport in Warsaw is inaccessible “due to unplanned military activities related to ensuring state security.”
This also concerned airports in Lublin and Rzeszów. It is not clear how many drones were in the Polish airspace. According to the Ukrainian air force, the drones moved near the Polish border.
According to the Minister of Defense of Poland, after “violating” Polish airspace during a Russian attack on western Ukraine, aircraft shelled “enemy objects”. “Planes have used armaments against hostile objects. We are in constant contact with NATO command”-explained Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on the X.
Poland protects the Polish airspace in connection with a warning against Russian drones. Polish and allied aircraft operate in the airspace, and terrestrial air defense and radar recognition systems have been erected in a state of the highest readiness – the Operational Command of the Armed Forces of the RSZ informed.
In connection with joint military maneuvers of the Russian forces and Belarus, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the closing of the border with neighboring Belarus. “We are dealing with a growing number of provocations on the part of Russia and Belarus. Therefore, we will close the border with Belarus, including railway crossings, in connection with Zapad maneuvers, at midnight from Thursday to Friday,” said Tusk on Tuesday in front of journalists.
Military maneuvers Zapad 2025 will last from Friday to next Tuesday. According to the Polish premiere, the exercises are to simulate the so -called occupation Suwałki isthmus. This area, located on the Polish-Lithuanian border, borders from the north with the Russian enclave of Königsberg, and from the south with Belarus. There are fears that in the event of the expansion of the war in Ukraine, Russia and its ally Belarus may take this 65-kilometer land lane, cutting off the Baltic States with the supply road with land.
