Poland says multiple drone-type objects downed as airspace violated during Russian attack on Ukraine

Poland says “hostile objects” were downed by Polish or allied aircraft scrambled in response to multiple violations of its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine.

“Aircraft have used weapons against hostile objects,” Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz says on social media, adding: “We are in constant contact with NATO command.”

Poland’s military says it spotted a dozen drone-type objects, condemning the multiple violations of its airspace as an “act of aggression.”

“Following today’s attack by the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory, an unprecedented violation of Polish airspace by drone-type objects took place,” the operational command of Poland’s armed forces says on social media.

Russian drones and missiles have entered the airspace of NATO members including Poland several times during Russia’s three-and-a-half-year war, but a NATO country has never attempted to shoot them down until now.