Russian drones at night from 9 to 10 September repeatedly breached Polish airspace. Polish and allied aviation was torn down, and any of the drones were shot down.
Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski in a conversation with journalists “The Guardian” said that the intrusion of drones was an effort by the Kremlin to test NATO response. It was, as he added, a gradual escalation of the conflict without triggering full-scale retaliation. The diary recalled that respective days after this event Romania besides reported a breach of space by Russian unmanned workers.
Radosław Sikorski on Russia's deliberate action
Sikorski denied the proposition that the Polish air defence was not ready to defy the raid, "taking into account that any of the drones have travelled hundreds of miles into Poland, and according to reports, only 3 or 4 of the about 19 have been shot down," stressed The Guardian.
– The drones have not reached their targets, small material harm has occurred, no 1 has been injured. If this had happened in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian definitions, it would have been considered a 100% success Sikorski explained.
The head of the MFA besides said that the consequence to the incursion of objects would be "significantly sharper", if the attack caused injuries to persons or their deaths within the country. However, he did not want to specify what he meant by that. “With an aggressor and a liar like Putin, only the hardest counter-pressures work,” he stressed.
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He turned it down. Statement by US president Donald Trumpthat Russian drones in Poland may have been a mistake. You can believe that 1 or 2 have strayed off course, but 19 mistakes in 1 night, in 7 hours... I'm sorry, I don't believe that. said Sikorski.
Russian drones. Ukraine ready to train Poland in defence of raids
"The Guardian" as another confirmed that Polish anti-drone teams will undergo training in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Sikorski explained that the Ukrainian army has better equipment and has “greater, more up-to-date experience”.
– This is something that public opinion and governments in the West urgently request to integrate into their thinking... The Ukrainians will train us, how to argue Russia, not the another way around," he said.
The discipline of combating drones would take place at the NATO training centre in Poland due to the fact that it is simply a "safer place" for specified activities than the territory of Ukraine.
Sikorski warned against the warrant of Article 5 of NATO for Ukraine
"The Guardian" recalled that in early September in Paris 26 countries committed to participating in the post-war safety mission in Ukraine. It was then proposed that Ukraine, if it did not enter NATO, would receive a safety warrant in accordance with Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
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During the weekend conference in Kiev, the head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs warned against specified rhetoric. “Safety guarantees are intended to deter a possible opponent,” he noted.
– (There are ideas – ed.) that if there is simply a room, the next time Russia tries something against Ukraine, we can go to war with it. I find that unlikely.. due to the fact that if you want to go to war with Russia, you can do it today, only that I do not see the willing – he emphasized. He added that “in global relations There is nothing more dangerous than providing guarantees that are not credible‘.
