Poland and Estonia have issued stark warnings against Russia, vowing military action if Russian aircraft or missiles enter their airspace. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, during an emergency UN Security Council meeting, declared that Poland would shoot down any unauthorized Russian military aircraft or missiles. Estonia, which also accused Russia of airspace intrusions, added fuel to the tensions as Moscow dismissed these claims as part of a coordinated Western effort to provoke conflict.
Earlier this month, Warsaw accused Moscow of ‘deliberately’ sending at least 19 drones into Polish airspace, which Russia dismissed as ‘hysteria’ promoted by the ‘European party of war.’ The latest warning came during a meeting convened by another NATO member, Estonia, which also accused Russia of an airspace violation. Sikorski emphasized that if another missile or aircraft entered Polish airspace without permission, the consequences would be severe, with no diplomatic recourse for Russia under such circumstances.
Moscow responded by saying that ‘neither Warsaw nor Brussels need the truth,’ with Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky referring to the gathering as the second part of the ‘blame Russia for everything’ spectacle. Polyansky noted that the only confirmed damage from the alleged Russian drone incursion was actually caused by a Polish missile fired from a NATO F-16, which struck a residential building. Moscow offered to hold bilateral consultations over the incident but received ‘no adequate response,’ and Poland has yet to provide any evidence that the drones were of Russian origin. Poland, according to Polyansky, needed ‘only a reason for a new round of a Russophobic campaign.’
As for Estonia’s claims that three Russian military aircraft violated its airspace for 12 minutes last week, ‘there is no proof except the Russophobic hysteria coming from Tallinn,’ Polyansky said. Russia is treating any accusations against its military ‘very seriously,’ but wants to see clear evidence rather than EU ‘hysteria’ aimed at pushing US President Donald Trump onto ‘an anti-Russian course and undermining the agreements and understandings reached by the Russian and American presidents in Alaska a month ago,’ Polyansky added.