Poland 'closer to military conflict than at any time since WW2' as Nato allies weigh response to Russian drones

Source: guardian


Donald Tusk says Poland dealing with a large-scale provocation after at least 19 violations of Polish airspace

Shaun Walker in Kyiv, Dan Sabbagh,Jakub Krupa and Pjotr Sauer
Wed 10 Sep 2025 15.00 EDT


Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country is closer to military conflict “than at any time since the second world war” as Warsaw and Nato allies weighed a response to an incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.

Poland scrambled its own and Nato air defences, shooting down at least three drones, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Nato territory early on Wednesday in the most significant way since the full-scale invasion more than three years ago.

In the aftermath, Warsaw said Nato allies had made concrete proposals to bolster the country’s air defences. The UK is considering deploying Typhoon jets as part of an enhanced air policing mission to protect the alliance’s eastern flank............
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The British defence secretary, John Healey, said he had asked the UK armed forces to look at “options to bolster Nato’s air defence over Poland”. He was speaking after an E5 meeting of ministers from France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Poland, which his Polish counterpart had left early to return home due to the drone incursion..............................



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