Russian drones in Poland and what it means for NATO
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NATO’s first drone battle pits million-dollar jets against cheap drones, exposing vulnerabilities
For over three years, Ukraine has been battling Russian attack drones. On Wednesday, NATO confronted a similar challenge.
Russian drones breached Poland’s airspace and, experts said, by Kremlin design or not, the incident tested NATO’s readiness to defend its easternmost members.
The incident represented the most serious spillover of the war in Ukraine for NATO, as its aircraft engaged the drones that it said came from Russia.
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Expert reacts to Russia drones incident in Poland, says detection capability may have been ‘lacking’
Thomas Withington, associate fellow in military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, told the Associated Press that he believed Russia's drone incursion into Poland 'could well have been a deliberate action.
The incursion was the first time alliance planes had engaged enemy targets in NATO airspace. Poland’s leader called it “a large-scale provocation.”
Germany is to boost its commitments on NATO's eastern flank with additional fighter jet surveillance after Poland said it shot down Russian drones over its airspace. Government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said the German military,
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is pledging to forge ahead with plans to modernize the country's military after Russian drones crossed into Poland
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