The drones of the Russian Federation invaded the airspace of Poland during a nightly massive blow to Ukraine. Main

Russian drones invaded the airspace of Poland during a massive blow to Ukraine. Airplants of the Poland Air Force and other NATO countries were raised into the air.

The operational command of the Armed Forces of Poland called the incident “unprecedented violation of the airspace” of the country. NATO activated the fourth article of the alliance charter on consultations with allies. The New Gazeta Europe has collected everything that is known at the moment.

What happened

“Last night, the airspace of Poland was broken by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones who posed a direct threat were shot down. I am in constant contact with the Secretary General of NATO and our allies, ” said Donald Tusk Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Later, during his speech in the Sejm, the head of the Polish government stated that 19 drones flew into the airspace of the country, and reported by Onet. Tusk said that the first drone was recorded at about 23:30 local time (00:30 Moscow time), the latter - at about 6:30 in the morning (7:30 Moscow time).

“For the first time during this war, they [drones] did not flew from the territory of Ukraine as a result of errors or small Russian provocations. For the first time, a significant part of the drones flew directly from Belarus, ”Tusk emphasized.

According to him, part of the drones did not carry the war charge, three more were shot down. Seven drones and one rocket have already been discovered in the country, said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland Karolina Galeck.

Six drones fell on the territory of the Lublin Voivodeship, which is located in the east of the country and borders on Belarus and Ukraine, said TVN24. One of the drones fell on a private residential building in the village of Vyryki-Vole. There are damaged the roof and the car standing in the yard.

Not only Polish air forces, but also the Netherlands Air Force, as well as other NATO countries, participated in the reflection of the attacks. Tusk said that he had already notified the Alliance Secretary General of what happened.

Under the greatest threat, according to the Polish military, were the Podlaskoye, Mazovets and Lublin Voivodes. Due to the drones, four airports were temporarily closed, including both in Warsaw, as well as one in Zheshuva and Lublin. After the attack was repelled, the airports resumed work.

The operational command of the Poland Armed Forces said that the search for places where the fragments fell was continuing. The residents were asked if such objects are discovered not to approach them and report to the police, or by the number of emergency services - 112.

Reaction

Tusk and President of Poland Karol Navrotsky called to use the fourth article of the NATO Charter on consultations between the allies, if "the territorial integrity, political independence or safety of any of the parties will be under threat." The Prime Minister said this during a speech in parliament, reported by Rzeczpospolita.

Later, the press secretary of the Polish government, Adam Shlapka, reported on the air of Polsat News that NATO activated the fourth article of the Charter at the request of Poland.

NATO spokesman Ellison Hart wrote to X that the Alliance maintains contact with the Polish authorities and has consultations. The later message of the NATO press service states that not only the Poland and the Netherlands, but also the Italian radio exploration aircraft, as well as the enforcement officer of the Alliance forces, participated in the reflection of the attacks.

At the same time, the Reuters source in NATO stated that the Alliance does not consider the attack, despite the fact that, according to preliminary data, the invasion of Russian drones was intentional into the airspace of Poland. The interlocutor of the agency also drew attention to that tonight NATO aircraft for the first time since the beginning of the war in Ukraine participated in the reflection of threats in the airspace of an ally.

In Belarus, they said that at night they warned Poland and Lithuania about the "lost drones." They also added that some of the drones "was destroyed by the air defense forces of our country in the republic."

The accusations against Russia are “baseless” and unproven, RIA Novosti told a temporary attorney in the affairs of the Russian Federation in Poland Andrei Ordash. According to him, the Polish authorities did not provide evidence of the Russian origin of drones shot down over the territory of the country.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that objects "were not planned for defeat in Poland." According to the military department, on the night of September 9 to 10, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck the Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnitskaya, Zhytomyr regions of Ukraine, as well as Vinnitsa and Lviv.

“The maximum flight range of Russian UAVs used in the blow, which allegedly crossed the border with Poland, does not exceed 700 kilometers,” the department noted. They also added that they are ready to "conduct consultations with the Poland Ministry of Defense on this topic."

Updated at 15:35 Moscow time: the commentary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as well as information on the activation of the fourth article of the NATO Charter, added.