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poland retracts claim that russian drone violated its airspace after finding no conclusive evidence

2024-09-07

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polish militaryit was announced on september 5th local time thatretracts claim that russian drones violated polish airspace during attacks on ukraine last weekthe reason is that the entire 10 days of analysis and searchno conclusive evidence was found

on august 26, maciej klisch, commander of the polish armed forces operations command, announced that at least three radar stations confirmed that an unidentified flying object entered the airspace of poland, a member of the north atlantic treaty organization, from ukraine. it might be a suicide drone used by russia to carry out air strikes on ukraine that day.

reuters reported that some people in poland questioned why the military did not shoot down the drone. the military explained that the weather conditions were bad at the time and it was impossible to confirm what the flying object was, and shooting down the light flying object might hurt civilians.

the polish military then launched a ground search, but nothing was found until the search ended on september 4.

klich had to correct his previous statement at a press conference on the 5th"based on the results of my analysis, i now conclude thatthere is a very high probability that polish airspace was not violated on august 26。”

klich also insisted that violations of polish airspace could still occur during russian air strikes on ukraine.

according to afp, poland has recorded at least two airspace violations by russian missiles or drones attacking ukraine, in april and december last year.

in an interview broadcast by the financial times on the 2nd, polish foreign minister radoslaw sikorski claimed that despite nato's opposition, poland has the right to shoot down russian missiles attacking ukraine before they enter polish airspace.

in november 2022, a missile fell into a village in eastern poland near the ukrainian border, killing two people. poland and nato concluded that the missile was a ukrainian air defense missile that missed its target, but said russia should bear responsibility.