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A thousand three hundred first day. Poland after the invasion of Russian drones: "My son asked if war came to us"

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The Wall Street Journal published a report from Poland after the invading Russian drones

On the night of September 10, more than 20 Russian drones flew into the territory of Poland. Some of them were shot down, fighters were raised to intercept the drones. Residents of the eastern part of Poland, which borders with Ukraine, are concerned about their future, is told in the material of The Wall Street Journal. One of the residents with whom the journalists of the publication spoke is Ala Vesolovsk. On the morning of September 10, she was going to cook breakfast when she heard the sound of the plane flying over her house. “Right above my head, he flew so low, such a loud sound was,” said Vesolovsk, whose house is about 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

The 38-year-old katazhina Jvigala, along with the children, lives on his farm in the village of Schohalev-40 minutes by car from the border with Ukraine. On that day, gathering children to school, she heard a dull blow. Then she found out that it was a drone. “My son asked if the war was coming to us,” said Katazhina. She tried to calm him down, but, according to her, she herself had similar thoughts.

The Wall Street Journal calls the invasion of Russian drones the “new head” in the perception of the war in Ukraine for Poland. Poland, as noted by the publication, was already a “target of Russian sabotage operations”, the purpose of which is to weaken the support of Kyiv by Warsaw. But the invasion of drones brings a direct military clash brings closer, the publication says.

On Saturday, September 13, the Polish fighters were again raised into the air due to the threat of the attack of Russian drones. The command of the country's armed forces reported that these actions are preventive. In addition, the airport in the city of Lublin in the east of Poland was closed for flights. Edita and Tomash Vecherek, living in Kshivovezhb in the east of the country, drank coffee, when they came to their phones about the work of aviation and the dangers of the drunkenness of drones. In an interview with journalists, they said that they were disappointed with the Polish authorities who still have not explained how citizens act in such a situation. According to Edita, the government should organize exercises on which they will tell you what to do to residents when attacking drones. She said that her 12-year-old daughter now refuses to sleep in her room on the second floor of their house-after the wreckage of the drone fell on the roof of the house of the family familiar to them in the same village.

Many residents in the east of the country continue to wait for official explanations from the authorities. They have a question - what happened in the sky over their houses and what to expect further. As WSJ notes, local residents themselves are trying to compile the chronology of events on September 10 and wonder if the work of fighters has caused more damage than prevented.

In Poland - a country that in the first months and years of the war adopted millions of refugees from Ukraine - the invasion of Russian drones shared society, the material said. For some, what happened is an occasion for even greater solidarity with Ukrainians, for others - a signal that Kyiv is trying to draw Poland into a conflict. Some repeat the Russian narrative that the drones were allegedly launched or shot down from the course of Ukraine in order to aggravate the conflict of Poland with Russia.

“Disinformation is the same real threat. I would like to see NATO troops here. We are only 12 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, so all this is quite expected, ”said Bernard Blashchuk, head of the village of Vyryki, where the fragments of the fallen drone damaged one of the houses.

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Semen (Ukraine). In the fourth year of the war, the main feelings are fatigue and indifference. There was a moment when we believed in our victory and liberation of the occupied lands, and Ukraine was perceived as Jesus, who ater the sins of the whole world with his sufferings. But it passed quickly.

In return, regret appeared - regret about the victims that could be avoided. Heroic defense (one Mariupol is worth it) is now perceived as PR power, as a pressure on the allies - to give more shells.

Alas! It is bitter to realize this, but now, when the United States and Europe abandoned us, I understand that the only option to preserve the country and people to negotiate with Putin. It is bitter because the situation is not in our favor and conditions will be unprofitable for us.

Of course, Russia is an aggressor and an enemy, but now it is stronger, which means you need to take a pause, accumulate strength, find new allies and continue the struggle.

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