Volodimir Zelenski says that “there must be an adequate response” to the attack with Russian drones that entered the territory of Poland
Volodimir Zelenski. Photo credit: Andreas Stroh / Zuma Press / Profimedia
After a discussion with three European premieres and the Secretary General of NATO, the President of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski says that “we have to work on a common anti -aircraft defense system and create an efficient air shield above Europe.”
In an X post, the Ukrainian president said he spoke to Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk, with the Britain's Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, Italy Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, about Russian drones that entered the Poland airspace.
“Incidents with one or two Russian drones happened before in the countries on the eastern flank of NATO, including a few weeks ago in Romania. But this time the number of Russian drones was much higher, the bolder more pronounced-the drones entered not only from the territory of Ukraine, but also from Belarus,” the X-“wrote.
He claimed that the entry of Russian drones in Poland “is a completely different level of escalation from Russia”, which is why “there must be an adequate response”.
“There are several reasons for this challenging behavior of Russia, and they are absolutely obvious to everyone. We have to work on a common anti -aircraft defense system and create an efficient air shield above Europe. Ukraine has proposed this for a long time and we have concrete solutions,” Zelenski wrote.
The president also emphasized that the states must “significantly” increase the common financing for the production of interceptor drones.
Zelenski added that from Tuesday night, the Ukrainian army shared all the information he held about Russian drones. “I offered Poland our support, training and expertise in the breaking of Russian drones, especially Shahed (no drones used by Russia). Donald Tusk and I have agreed on appropriate military cooperation. We will also coordinate with all NATO Member States.”
Poland has mobilized its own air and NATO forces to break down Drone, after an air attack on Russia over the western Ukraine, being for the first time since the beginning of the war when Warsaw hired forces in its airspace. Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an emergency meeting of the government. He accused “a challenge” from Moscow and officially asked to activate Article 4 of the NATO treaty.
