Ukraine in response to the statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Juraj Blanár on Thursday called on Slovakia not to question Russia’s responsibility for Wednesday’s violation of the Polish airspace. TASR reports this according to the report of The Kyiv Independent.
- Ukraine called on Slovakia not to question Russia’s responsibility for the incident.
- Russian drones disrupted the Polish airspace, says Ukrainian sources.
- Disruption of borders marked as deliberate escalation by Russia.
- Poland classified as an act of aggression and activated Article 4.
- Kiev called on the EU and NATO to a strong response to Russia.
“A large number of Russian drones flew into the Polish airspace. This is an empirical fact that is not needed to believe,” Heorhij Tychyj announced at a press conference at a press conference.
“Such massive disturbances of the borders of Russian drones could not be accidental, it is a fully intentional escalation by Russia,” He said the spokesman and subsequently called on Slovakia not to “transfer the responsibility of Moscow inadequate doubts, but recognized the reality as it is”.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to Blanar’s words according to which The Minister “wants to believe that the drones that penetrated the Polish territory were drones that went there not to attack Poland, but that they were to end up in Ukrainian territory”.
In addition, Blanár stated that Slovakia considers the violation of the Polish airspace as serious worsening and escalation of the situation and to our neighbor expressed solidarity. According to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico, the incident was “serious” and may have “far -reaching consequences”. Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok said you were He wants to wait for comprehensive information in this context.
Warsaw confirmed shooting of Russian drones at night on Wednesday. Beyond the territory of the Member State of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) At least 19 unmanned aircraft flew, three or four were shot down. Poland described the incident as an act of aggression and activated Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
Ukraine has been defending Russian aggression for three and a half years and the drone attacks reflects almost daily. Following the disruption of the Polish airspace, Kiev called for a strong response to the EU and NATO, for example in the form of further sanctions. “Every responsible European government should now think about how to stop Russia with Ukraine and end the war, not how to justify Russia’s escalation,” closed Tychyj.
