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Russian drone incursion into Poland ‘was Kremlin test on Nato’


Polish minister says Moscow sought to gauge reaction without starting war as Romania reports new incursion

Poland’s foreign minister has said the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace was an attempt by the Kremlin to test Nato’s reactions by incremental escalations without prompting a full-scale response, as Romania became the second Nato country to report an incursion in a matter of days and protested to Moscow over what it called an “unacceptable” act.

Radosław Sikorski confirmed that while the drones that entered Poland last week were capable of carrying ammunition, they were not loaded with explosives. “Interestingly, they were all duds, which suggests to me that Russia tried to test us without starting a war,” Sikorski told the Guardian in Kyiv.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/russian-drone-incursion-poland-nato-ukraine-europe

Author : Shaun Walker in Kyiv

Publish date : 2025-09-15 02:24:00

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