France, Germany boost Polish air defences after alleged Russian drone strike

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The UN Security Council called for an emergency meeting on Thursday when Warsaw accused Moscow for a drone strike on its territory in Moscow, while France and Germany moved to Poland’s air defense.

Poland marked the incident, which forced Polish and NATO forces to shoot several drones from Tuesday to Wednesday night, which is a deliberate “unprecedented” attack on the country, NATO and the European Union.

Moscow refused to target the country, saying there was no evidence that the drones were Russian.

But Polish President Karol Nuruki warned Thursday during a visit to an airbase in western Poland that the incident was an attempt to test our preparations for action inside NATO. “

Germany said it would “expand and expand its participation in the NATO air policing program to further cover Poland’s airspace.

Its ministry said it would double the number of euro -fighter jets to four and increase its mission by the end of the year for three months.

And French President Emmanuel Macron announced in a post on the X that France would deploy three Rafale fighter jets along with our allies in protecting Poland’s airspace and the eastern parts of NATO. “

The Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Sweden called on their Russian ambassadors to protest against the drone incident.

The South Korea’s presidency of the UN Security Council announced Thursday that it would hold an emergency meeting to discuss Warsaw’s “Russian airspace violations” by Russia.

It will take place on Friday at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT).

“Carelessness”: NATO

After Moscow launched its attack on Ukraine in 2022, NATO members, including Poland, have entered the airspace of NATO members, including Poland.

Polish officials said the drones violated its airspace 19 times. There was no casualties here, and the damage was limited – a house and a car were destroyed.

The Polish National Security Council met Thursday, and the Defense Minister is expected to shorten the Parliament on the latest results.

Poland promoted its security on Thursday, with its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine locked the air traffic on December 9, up to three kilometers (1.9 miles).

The PAZP Air Traffic Control Agency announced that drones would also be banned.

The country announced massive measures on the Belarus border to deal with military exercises with Russia between September 12 and 16.

Some open border crossing with Belarus was to be closed on Friday due to drills (“West”) exercises.

Reacting to the closure, Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova called on Poland in a statement to “consider the consequences of such destructive measures and review its decision as soon as possible”.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Wednesday that drone raids have marked the extraordinary increase in tensions with Russia.

Tusk called the NATO meeting on Wednesday, requested Article 4, under which a member could have a quick conversation when he felt his “territorial integrity, political freedom or security” – only the eighth time used.

The basis of NATO is the principle that the attack on any member is considered an attack on all.

NATO chief Mark Rod condemned Moscow’s “negligence”, praising his organization’s response. He told reporters that the air defense of the alliance had done its job.

Alliance “Certified”

Both the European Union and the Ukraine condemned the incident on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Dutch Foreign Minister David Wanwell said on X: “Russia’s negligence violating Poland’s airspace threatens our European security.”

Czech Foreign Minister John Liposki condemned the incident “a pure provocation through the Kremlin”.

Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmmer Steiner Guard said in a statement: “Russian violations are unacceptable and is a threat to European security.”

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular news briefing that China “hopes all relevant parties will resolve their disputes properly through dialogue and consultation.”

China has never condemned the Russian war in Ukraine.

Poland is a huge supporter of Ukraine and hosted more than one million Ukrainian refugees. It is also an important transit point for Western humanitarian and military assistance for the country.