As reported by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, according to preliminary data, 19 Russian drones violated his country's airspace. It is important to understand that a significant part of them flew from the territory of Belarus.
Points of attention
- The drones that entered Poland from Belarus were tracked, with one incident resulting in a drone crashing into a residential building near the border.
- The revelation underscores the complexity and severity of the security challenges faced by Poland and its allies amidst the escalating tensions.
Tusk reveals new details of Russian attack
19 airspace violations were recorded and tracked. And these are not the final figures. For the first time during this war, a significant proportion of these drones flew into Poland directly from Belarus.
Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland
What is important to understand is that maps from Ukrainian monitoring channels indicate that the Russian drones that flew from Belarus to Poland first flew into Belarus from Ukraine.
Donald Tusk officially confirmed that Polish and allied patrol fighters destroyed at least 3 enemy drones.
They were assessed as posing a direct threat.
Against the backdrop of recent events, the Prime Minister stated that his country would invoke Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
This means that member states hold joint consultations when, in their opinion, there is a threat to the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the member states.
It is also known that a drone crashed into a residential building in Poland near the border with Belarus.
