Poland has called for a meeting with NATO officials after invoking Article 4 of the alliance's charter and will review the incident and share the findings with its allies. Meanwhile, the fallout from the airspace breach continues to heighten tensions between Russia and the West.

NATO fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that violated Polish airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine early on Wednesday, as the military alliance denounced Moscow for “absolutely dangerous” behavior that ratcheted up tensions to a new level.

The consultations at NATO headquarters were part of a regular meeting of ambassadors from the alliance's 32 member states known as the North Atlantic Council, but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Parliament that they came under Article 4 of the treaty that founded NATO in 1949 in the aftermath of World War II.

Kremlin propagandists have disparaged NATO members' reaction to Europe's condemnation of Moscow after Russian drones breached the territory of Poland. Poland has invoked NATO's Article 4 for deliberations over what to do next after it said 19 drones entered its airspace, and up to four were shot down.

German foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen has said he believes the intrusion by Russian drones into Polish airspace was designed to test NATO and try and intimidate the Western defence alliance over its support for Ukraine.

Polish airspace was violated by Russian drones 19 times overnight, with NATO fighters shooting several of them down.