after days of searching without success, the polish military retracted its previous statement that a drone had entered its airspace
2024-09-06
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according to a reuters report on the 5th, the polish military claimed in august this year that a drone may have entered polish airspace at the time, but retracted this statement on september 5. the report said that the polish authorities conducted a 10-day analysis and search for this, but ultimately found nothing.
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according to cctv news, on august 26, local time, the polish military said that during russia's attack on ukraine, a military object entered polish airspace from the direction of ukraine. according to the polish armed forces operations command, the military confirmed that the object was not a missile. general klich, the combat commander of the polish armed forces, said that the object might be a drone.
reuters said that this incident raised questions at the time as to why it was not shot down. the polish military had said that due to weather conditions, it was not possible to clearly identify the flying object, which meant that if it was shot down rashly, there might be a risk of hitting civilian targets such as light aircraft. the report said that poland was on high alert, fearing that the conflict between russia and ukraine might lead to a violation of its airspace.
however, after a massive search failed to find any trace of the drone, general maciej klisz, head of the polish army's combat command, said on september 5 that he believed polish airspace had not been intruded. "based on the analytical activities that have been conducted, i currently believe that there is a very high probability that polish airspace was not violated on august 26," he told reporters. however, he said that violations of polish airspace are likely to occur again during the russia-ukraine conflict.
the report mentioned that in 2022, a ukrainian missile landed in the village of przewodow in southern poland, killing two people. in december 2023, the polish military claimed that a russian missile entered polish airspace. the polish ministry of foreign affairs summoned andrei ordash, the acting ambassador of the russian embassy in poland, and asked for an explanation. ordash later told ria novosti that poland did not produce any evidence, and russia would not explain the incident until poland produced concrete evidence.
in march this year, the polish military claimed that a russian cruise missile briefly entered polish airspace and left after flying for about 40 seconds. the polish ministry of foreign affairs planned to summon the russian ambassador to poland and hand him a protest note. the russian ambassador then said that poland did not provide any evidence to support its accusation. in this case, he believed that it was meaningless for him to go to the polish ministry of foreign affairs, so he refused to go.#deep good articles project#
