Poland, Russia and Trump
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This situation brings us the closest we have been to open conflict since World War II," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
The Polish prime minister said there had been a serious violation of his country's airspace by Russian drones.
The incursion of a significant number of Russian drones into Poland is a dramatic and unsettling escalation of the war in Ukraine.
Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down.
A restricted zone in the eastern part of the NATO country is in place following Russian drones entering its airspace.
Denmark, France and Germany have joined a new mission to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank after Russian drones flew into Poland on Wednesday.
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France sends jets to Poland, the UK ramps up sanctions in a signal to Russia not to escalate
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — France said it’s deploying fighter jets to Poland and Britain announced fresh sanctions on Russia’s oil revenues and war machine Friday as European countries took steps to deter Moscow’s aggression after an incursion by Russian drones into Polish territory.