Ukraine ready to provide Poland with data on russian strike and help build defense - Zelenskyy

Ukraine is ready to provide Poland with data on the russian drone strike and help build a warning and defense system. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

Zelenskyy, in particular, said that more and more information is coming in about the incursion of russian strike drones into the territory of Poland, as of now, 8 drones are known.

"More and more facts indicate that such a movement, such a direction of the strike is not accidental. There have been incidents with individual russian drones that crossed the border and covered a short distance on the territory of neighbors before. But now we are recording a much larger scale and purposefulness. Ukraine is ready to provide Poland with the necessary data on this russian strike. Ukraine is ready to help Poland build an appropriate warning and defense system against such russian challenges," he noted.

Zelenskyy said that it is now obvious that russian aggression is a threat to every independent nation in Europe and, accordingly, only joint and coordinated actions can guarantee reliable security.

The President also emphasized that the precedent of using combat aircraft of several European countries simultaneously to shoot down russian weapons and protect people's lives is important.

He noted that Ukraine has long proposed to its partners to create a joint air defense system and ensure the guaranteed shooting down of Shaheds, other drones and missiles thanks to the combined power of combat aircraft and air defense.

"Together, Europeans are always stronger. Russia must feel that the response to this escalating step and, especially, to an attempt to humiliate one of the key European countries will be a clear and strong response from all partners," Zelenskyy emphasized.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces confirmed the violation of the country's airspace during russia's night attack on Ukraine, and an operation is underway to identify and neutralize the objects.

Zelenskyy called the russian drones in Poland an extremely dangerous precedent for Europe.

NATO reported that they are closely consulting with Poland after the drones flew into the country.