Russian drone incursion is a threat to Europe, says Polish PM Tusk

Published connected 12/09/2025 - 10:47 GMT+2 •Updated 14:25

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that Russia's drone usurpation of his country's airspace connected Wednesday posed a threat not conscionable to Poland but to wider Europe.

"This drone onslaught was not aimed only astatine Poland, but astatine European states arsenic well," Tusk said connected Thursday.

Other European countries person expressed siren complete nan incident, which progressive 19 Russian drones entering Polish territory, immoderate of which were changeable down.

Poland's premier curate confirmed that Polish subject officials will person training successful Poland from nan Ukrainian subject for aerial defence training pursuing nan Russian attack.

His state would summation from Ukraine's acquisition successful anti-drone systems, Tusk said, defining them "as nan best" owed to their "battlefield" testing.

Speaking aft an emergency National Security Council gathering called by President Karol Nawrocki, Tusk said nan talks besides covered Russian propaganda and its effects connected Poland's soul affairs.

Russia continues to contradict immoderate relationship to nan drone incursion. Andrei Ordash, Moscow’s apical diplomat successful Poland, told Russian state-owned news agency RIA that accusations against Russia were “groundless” and suggested that nan drones had flown from Ukraine’s direction.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump told reporters connected Thursday that nan usurpation could "have been a mistake."

However, Tusk rejected immoderate claims that Kyiv was down nan cognition arsenic disinformation.

"The accusation gathered by Poland intelligibly indicates that nan Russian Federation bears afloat work for nan usurpation of Polish airspace," he said.

Karolina Gałecka, spokesperson for nan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, reported that a drone had been recovered successful Przymiarki successful nan Księżopol municipality of nan Biłgoraj district.

This marks different unmanned aerial conveyance discovered since Wednesday’s breach of Polish airspace.

According to a study by nan German newspaper Welt, citing sources wrong Polish services and NATO, 5 Russian drones deliberately flew straight towards a NATO guidelines successful Poland, a cardinal transit constituent for subject instrumentality destined for Ukraine.

Meanwhile, European leaders proceed to show their support for Poland. French President Emmanuel Macron stated connected societal media X that France would nonstop 3 Rafale combatant jets to thief protect Poland's airspace.

On Friday, nan outgoing French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told a section power that nan Russian ambassador to France has been called to nan Quai d’Orsay connected Friday morning.

Later connected Friday, nan UN Security Council will clasp different emergency gathering astatine Poland's petition connected nan drone incursion.

Video editor • Lucy Davalou