Only a week after President Donald Trump met Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the White House, Russia shot about two dozen drones in NATO Nation on Wednesday.
The attack led NATO to cuff to the apparent Russian attack and brought Poland to the closest to open a conflict since the Second World War for the first time.
Soldiers patrol through the street after a drone or a similar object had hit a residential building according to the local authorities, after violations of the Polish airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine, in the municipality of Wyryki, Poland on 10 September 2025. (Agencja wyborcza.pl/jakub orzechowski/Via Reuters)
NATO warns Russia after Poland shoots the ‘huge number of’ drones that surpassed its airspace
The Kremlin claimed on Wednesday that there is “no evidence” that the drones of “Russian descent” were after Andrei Ordash, the most important diplomat of Moscow in Poland, which was called by Warsaw, told the Russian media outlet Ria of the State, “We see the accusations as unfounded.”
“We know one thing – these drones flew from the direction of Ukraine,” he added, according to a translation by a DW report.
Ordash’s comments were contradictory with reviews by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyyy, who said that “at least two Russian drones that entered Polish terrain used Wit -Russian airspace.
“In total, at least a few dozen Russian drones moved along the border between Ukraine and in the western regions of Ukraine and approached goals in Ukraine and apparently Poland,” he added.
President Donald Trump shakes the hand of Polish President Karol Nawrocki, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday 3 September 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP photo)
The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Parliament on Wednesday that at least 19 Russian drones entered the airspace of Poles and eight crash locations were confirmed where they seem to have been shot by NATO troops, although information about the exact figures is still collected, the Associated Press reported.
An infographic shows a map of downstairs Russian drones in Poland that swound its air space during strikes on Ukraine on 10 September 2025. (Photo by Yasin Demirci/Anadolu via Getty images)
Poland shoots drones in his airspace during the Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine
NATO-Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday in a statement that “a complete assessment of the incident is underway.”
“What is clear is that the violation was not an isolated incident last night,” he added in reference to comparable situations in which Russian drones have increasingly exceeded NATO borders in recent months.
Tusk called the incident “a large -scale provocation” and said, “The situation is serious, and nobody doubts that we should prepare for different scenarios.”
Rutte said that NATO leaders held a meeting this morning after Poland had carried out Article 4, who caused urgent conversations “when, in the opinion of one of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or safety of one of the parties is threatened.”
Rutte confirmed that the overnight drone attack not only Polish war aircraft, but also Dutch F-35s, Italian warning and control systems in the air, NATO-multi-roll tank transport system for refueling from air to air, and “activated” and “successfully the defense of the Navo-territorium.”
A member of the Polish army inspects a damaged house after Russian drones break the Polish air room during an attack on Ukraine and some were shot by Poland, in Wyryki, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, 10 September 2025. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)
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“This is the first time that NATO aircraft have led potential threats in the Allied air room,” said spokesperson for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, US Army Colonel Martin L.Donnell, said Wednesday. “NATO, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, and all allied command operations are dedicated to defend every kilometer of NATO territory, including our airspace.”
