"Poland's foreign minister, Radosaw Sikorski, told local radio Poland planned to use the security council meeting to draw the world's attention to this unprecedented Russian drone attack on a member of the UN, EU and Nato. He added that Polish authorities had no doubt the act was deliberate. Nineteen violations of our airspace, several dozen drones identified, a few shot down, the action lasting seven hours, the whole night so we cannot say it was an accident, he said."
"We do not yet know if this was an intentional act or an unintentional act, he said. He added that he had low confidence in Poland's claims about the number of drones. I would not be able to tell you with any confidence today that it was 20 or that it was 10. We just have to get into the technical details to figure that out, to debrief the crews that were up see what they saw, he said."
Poland reported a prolonged incursion by Russian drones, with multiple airspace violations and several drones identified and some shot down over seven hours. Poland called an emergency UN Security Council meeting and stated authorities believe the act was deliberate. Ukrainian and Lithuanian counterparts described the event as a deliberate, coordinated attack and an unprecedented provocation. NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe said intent remained unclear and expressed low confidence in reported drone counts pending technical debriefs. Russia claimed its drones were not targeting Poland and offered no further public comment. Initial international responses varied, including an ambiguous public reaction from the US president.
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