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blue-wave

(4,742 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 06:13 PM Aug 20

'Russia once again provokes NATO countries' --Poland says Russian drone crashes near its village

Source: Kyiv Independent

Polish officials said on Aug. 20 that a Russian drone crashed overnight in a rural area of eastern Poland, describing the incident as a deliberate provocation amid international talks about ending the war in Ukraine.

This is not the first time a Russian drone has crashed on the territory of a NATO member.

Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed that the object, which fell into a cornfield near the village of Osiny, was a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle. Osiny is located in Lublin Voivodeship, a province that borders Ukraine and Belarus.

"Once again, we are dealing with a provocation by the Russian Federation using a Russian drone," Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters at a press conference in Warsaw, according to Rzeczpospolita.

Read more: https://kyivindependent.com/russia-once-again-provokes-nato-countries-poland-says-russian-drone-crashed-near-its-village/



This was not a mistake. The drone crashed about 68 miles into Polish territory. Putin is playing with fire. NATO will absolutely crush the Russian military.
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'Russia once again provokes NATO countries' --Poland says Russian drone crashes near its village (Original Post) blue-wave Aug 20 OP
Putin is psycho........................ Lovie777 Aug 20 #1
Deliberate JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #2
It is passed time for NATO to respond. TomSlick Aug 20 #3
And this wasn't first time a Russian drone "got lost" and wound up deeper in slightlv Aug 20 #4
probing. testing the waters. nt Javaman Aug 21 #5
Is NATO proving to be a paper tiger? Boomerproud Aug 21 #6

TomSlick

(12,683 posts)
3. It is passed time for NATO to respond.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 07:28 PM
Aug 20

Putin has attacked a NATO member, whether or not successfully.

I don't understand why it is acceptable for North Korea to have troops fighting for Putin but NATO nations must stand by idly. Europe is under attack but is content to fight Putin to the last Ukrainian.

Meanwhile, Trump wants a Nobel for trying to manage Putin's conquest of Ukraine. If European leaders are waiting for Trump to do something to stop Putin, they are being foolish. If Europe does not defend itself in Ukraine, they will fight in their own country.

slightlv

(6,460 posts)
4. And this wasn't first time a Russian drone "got lost" and wound up deeper in
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:29 PM
Aug 20

NATO territory. It is time to get NATO troops involved, or Putin will just start bombing everybody on his way through the Slavic states and into European territory. The only way to deal with dictators like Putin and Trump is to cage them in a way they can do no further harm... alive or dead.

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