US vows to defend ‘every inch’ of Nato territory after Russian drones enter Poland - US calls Russia’s Polish airspace violations ‘alarming’

Underscoring the global repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine war, China on Thursday urged Poland to keep open a section of the Belarus border for a China-EU freight track that crosses it. The rail line is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative to boost trade with other countries.

Russia for the first time deliberately attacked Poland, and just two days later, together with Belarus, began saber-rattling at the Zapad-2025 exercises. RBC-Ukraine explains how these events have affected the negotiation process.

Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a “preventive” operation in Poland’s airspace Saturday because of a threat of drone strikes in neighbouring areas of Ukraine, and the airport in the eastern Polish city of Lublin was closed,

WOHYN, Poland (AP) — Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the alliance confronted a potential threat in its airspace.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — France said Friday it’s deploying fighter jets to Poland and the UK announced fresh sanctions targeting Russia’s oil revenues and war machine as Europe’s first, measured steps to Russia’s drone incursion into Poland aimed to send a signal to Moscow that any further aggression won’t go unchecked.

Responding to President Trump, Poland's leader said, "we would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn't."

The incursion of a significant number of Russian drones into Poland is a dramatic and unsettling escalation of the war in Ukraine.