Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk has issued a serious warning to Russia after it shot down a “huge number” of drones in an overnight attack.
According to BBC, in a major escalation on Wednesday, September 9, Russia for the first time violated the airspace of a NATO member, Poland, during its aerial attack on neighbouring Ukraine.
Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces stated that the “airspace was repeatedly violated by drones” of the Russian Federation during an attack targeting Ukraine.
The Polish military added that, on the request of the operational command, they used weapons and were completing a mission to “locate the downed targets.”
Polish Primer also confirmed the attack with a post on X and wrote, “An operation is under way related to multiple violations of Polish airspace. The military used armaments against the objects.”
Tusk further added that he was in constant contact with the president, the minister of defence and the operational commander.
Later, before the emergency government meeting, he called the violation “large-scale provocation” and said, “This is the first time Russian drones have been shot down over the territory of a NATO country. All our allies are taking the situation very seriously. We have not recorded any casualties.”
However, no casualties were reported in the attack. The debris of the drones was found in the village of Czosnowka and in the town of Czesniki.