WARSAW: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk mentioned on Friday (Sep 12) that this week’s drone incursions into his nation’s airspace weren’t a mistake by Russia, regardless of US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the incident might have been unintentional.
“We’d additionally want that the drone assault on Poland was a mistake. But it surely wasn’t. And we all know it,” Tusk mentioned on X.
Early on Wednesday, Poland shot down drones in its airspace with the backing of army plane from its NATO allies, the primary time a member of the Western army alliance is understood to have fired pictures throughout Russia’s conflict in Ukraine.
Earlier on Friday, deputy defence minister Cezary Tomczyk additionally commented on Trump’s remark.
“I feel it is a message that ought to attain President Trump in the present day: there is no query of a mistake – this was a deliberate Russian assault,” he advised native TV broadcaster Polsat Information.
Polish Overseas Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who visits Kyiv on Friday, additionally responded to Trump’s phrases.
“On the night time that 19 Russian drones crossed into Poland, 400 (drones) plus 40 missiles crossed into Ukraine. These weren’t errors,” he mentioned in a video posted on X.
At Poland’s request, the UN Security Council will meet in New York on Friday. The assembly will start at 3pm native time (7pm GMT), Polish international affairs ministry mentioned.
