NEW YORK and LONDON -- Polish airspace was violated by at least 19 Russian drones overnight, the country's prime minister said, in a torrent of activity that triggered a response from the NATO country's air force, which scrambled and downed several of the drones.

The United States has stated at a UN Security Council meeting that Moscow had violated international law and the UN Charter when Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Source: Reuters Details: Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea stressed that Washington will "defend every inch of NATO territory" and it stands by its allies in the face of "these alarming airspace violations".

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.

The drone barrage forced Polish airports to close. Karol Nawrocki, the president, called it “an unprecedented moment in the history of NATO and Poland.” In a speech to parliament, Mr Tusk called for the “full mobilisation” of NATO members,