Poland "will not hesitate to shoot down" air targets that violate its airspace and pose a threat, but will take a more cautious approach to situations that are "less clear-cut", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. His words were quoted by Reuters on Monday, September 22.
Tusk noted that Poland will definitely shoot down objects in the sky if they violate airspace and fly over the country.
"When we're dealing with situations that aren't entirely clear, such as the recent flight of Russian fighter jets over the Petrobaltic platform - but without any violation, because these aren't our territorial waters - you really need to think twice before deciding on actions that could trigger a very acute phase of conflict," he added.
Tusk said that Poland should be confident that the country "would not be alone" in the event of an escalation of the conflict.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of September 19-20, British Eurofighter Typhoon fighters carried out the first combat sortie as part of NATO's "Eastern Sentinel" mission, which was announced after the incident with russian UAVs.
On September 18, Ukraine and Poland agreed on joint exercises on the use and counteraction of UAVs.
On the night of September 9-10, russian UAVs flew into Polish territory.
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