Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk holds a rare authorities assembly on the chancellery, with army and emergency providers officers following violations of Polish airspace throughout a Russian assault in Warsaw Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.
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WARSAW, Poland — Poland mentioned early Wednesday that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it known as an “act of aggression” as Russia launched aerial assaults on Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media that “Final evening the Polish airspace was violated by a lot of Russian drones. These drones that posed a direct risk have been shot down.”
Poland’s armed forces have been on a heightened state of alert in a single day Tuesday and early Wednesday due to what they described as “additional large airstrikes towards targets positioned in Ukraine.”
Protection Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on X that “greater than 10 objects” crossed into Polish air house and people who constituted a threat to Poland’s safety have been neutralized. He thanked NATO Air Command and The Royal Netherlands Air and House Power for supporting the motion with F-35 fighter jets.
Bernard Blaszczuk, mayor of the village of Wyryki in Lublin area, instructed TVP Information {that a} home was hit by “both a missile or a drone, we do not know but”. He mentioned individuals have been contained in the constructing however no person was damage.
The Polish armed forces mentioned Wednesday morning {that a} seek for potential crash websites is ongoing and urged individuals to not method, contact or transfer any objects they see, warning that they might pose a risk and will comprise hazardous materials.
Warsaw’s Chopin Airport suspended flights for a number of hours, citing the closure of airspace as a result of army operations.
EU says drones could have been deliberately flown into Poland
European Union overseas coverage chief Kaja Kallas mentioned that early indications recommend the drone incident was intentional.
“Final evening in Poland we noticed probably the most critical European airspace violation by Russia for the reason that warfare started, and indications recommend it was intentional, not unintended,” Kallas mentioned in an announcement.
The EU’s high diplomat mentioned that she is in touch with NATO and Poland’s overseas minister and following developments.
“The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. Russia’s warfare is escalating, not ending. We should elevate the associated fee to Moscow, strengthen help for Ukraine, and spend money on Europe’s protection,” she mentioned.
In a submit on social media, NATO chief spokesperson Allison Hart mentioned that “quite a few drones entered Polish airspace in a single day and have been met with Polish and NATO air defenses.” Hart mentioned later that the army group’s 32 nationwide envoys will talk about how NATO at a pre-planned assembly.
Normal Wieslaw Kukula, middle, chief of the Normal Employees of the Polish Armed Forces is proven throughout on the Chancellery of the Prime Minister for a rare authorities assembly, following violations of Polish airspace throughout a Russian assault. in Warsaw Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.
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Poland says Russian objects have entered its airspace earlier than
Poland has complained about Russian objects coming into its airspace throughout assaults on Ukraine earlier than.
In August, Poland’s protection minister mentioned {that a} flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in japanese Poland was recognized as a Russian drone, and known as it a provocation by Russia. In March, Poland scrambled jets after a Russian missile briefly handed by means of Polish air house on its solution to a goal in western Ukraine, and in 2022, a missile that was probably fired by Ukraine to intercept a Russian assault landed in Poland, killing two individuals.
Russian assaults hit central and western Ukraine
Ukraine’s Air Power says Russia fired 415 strike and decoy drones, in addition to 42 cruise missiles and one ballistic missiles final evening.
Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 386 drones and 27 cruise missiles, in keeping with the report.
“A minimum of eight enemy UAVs crossed Ukraine’s state border within the route of the Republic of Poland,” the Air Power message mentioned.
Russian drones injured three individuals in Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi area, its head Serhii Tiurin wrote on Telegram early Wednesday morning. He mentioned a stitching manufacturing unit was destroyed, a fuel station and automobiles have been broken, and home windows in a number of homes have been blown out.
One individual was killed and one injured in Zhytomyr area in a single day, regional administration head Vitalii Bunechko wrote on Telegram, whereas properties and companies suffered harm.
In Vinnytsia area, Russian drones broken “civilian and industrial infrastructure,” in keeping with regional head Natalia Zabolotna. Practically 30 residential buildings have been broken and one individual was injured.
In Cherkasy area, a number of homes and an influence grid have been broken in a Russian assault. In Zolotonosha district, a shock wave destroyed a barn killing two cows, regional head Ihor Taburets wrote on Telegram.
The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned in its morning report on Wednesday that it had destroyed 122 Ukrainian drones over varied Russian areas in a single day, together with over the illegally annexed Crimea and areas of the Black Sea.
Kyiv anxious over Russia-Belarus army drills
Joint army drills involving Russian and Belarusian troops are as a result of happen in Belarus beginning Friday and can final till Sept. 16.
Troops from each nations will simulate repelling an assault, together with airstrikes and sabotage, in keeping with official reviews of the video games, dubbed “Zapad 2025,” or “West 2025.”
The purpose is to showcase the shut hyperlinks between Moscow and Minsk, in addition to Russian army would possibly, amid its 3½-year-old warfare in neighboring Ukraine.
The warfare video games have drawn considerations in Kyiv and its Western allies of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, which border Belarus. When Russian President Vladimir Putin despatched troops rolling into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, a lot of them crossed from Belarus.
