Two days after Poland fired down drones that had intruded into its airspace in the first known move of its sort by a Western alliance member during Russia’s war in Ukraine, NATO unveiled measures on Friday to strengthen defense of Europe’s eastern flank.
The U.S. labeled the airspace violations “alarming” at the United Nations and pledged to “defend every inch of Nato territory,” perhaps to reassure Washington’s NATO partners after President Donald Trump suggested that Russia’s drone invasion might have been an accident.
Warsaw has depicted the drone incursions as an effort by Russia to gauge Poland’s and NATO’s response capabilities.
