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- August 28, 2024
- 2:17 pm
- World News
Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Polish Minister of National Defense, announced the possibility of shooting down Russian missiles and drones in Ukrainian airspace using Polish air defense systems. This decision was met with skepticism among NATO countries. The minister's statement was a response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's words about negotiations with Warsaw regarding this possibility, at least over the western part of Ukraine.
Zelensky noted that Poland does not want to be alone with such a decision. The head of the Polish Defense Ministry emphasized that there is great skepticism in NATO countries on this issue and no country will make such decisions unilaterally. He also noted that there are no supporters of this decision in NATO.
Kosiniak-Kamysh added that he was not surprised that Zelensky stressed the importance of this decision, as it is part of his duties. However, he stressed that decisions should be made in the interests of Poland. The background information states that on August 27, the Ukrainian president asked Warsaw for help in shooting down missiles over western Ukraine aimed at Poland.
In July, Zelensky announced an agreement with Poland to develop a mechanism to shoot down Russian missiles and drones in Ukrainian airspace flying toward Poland. He also expressed bewilderment as to why NATO's Western allies were shooting down Iranian missiles and drones aimed at Israel but were afraid to do the same in Ukraine for fear of drawing the alliance into a conflict with Russia.
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