On the still more dramatic NATO provocation, in response to Russian aggression, President Emmanuel Macron declared that France would deploy three Rafale fighter planes to defend Polish airspace following an unprecedented drone attack over its territory that broke NATO airspace, and the U.K proposed to impose additional sanctions on Russia even as western allies came together condemning what they view as a shocking violation of the Polish sovereignty by Moscow.
The reaction of France to the video call on Poland by a Russian drone hacking
Proposing a solution in this situation, President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will deploy three Rafale fighter jets to assist in the defence of Polish airspace after Russian drones infiltrated the airspace yesterday. Following the drone attacks by Russian forces on Polish airspace, Macron announced his intention to deploy three Rafale fighter jets to assist the defence of Poland and the defence of NATO-Eastern Flank on Thursday. We shall not give in to the increasing threats of Russia.
At least three drones were downed more than 19 times, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland, the airspace was violated by Russia following scramblings by Warsaw and its allies on jets. The drone intrusion occurred three and a half years after Russia had invaded Ukraine and was labeled by Poland as an unprecedented attack on the country, NATO, and the European Union. Moscow has refuted attacking Poland.
Why are several allies in NATO mounting a defense in support of Poland?
Speaking to the parliament of Poland on Thursday, Defence Minister Wladysaw Kosiniak-Kamysz gave out the news that the French and the British have been declaring their intentions to secure the eastern flank of NATO with Rafale and Eurofighter jets. He also said that Sweden also now desires to contribute their own airplanes, including anti-aircraft machines, as well as anti-missile constructs, to reinforce air defence alliances and that the Dutch are introducing two out of three of their Patriot batteries into Poland.
The thing is, of course, that Russia is continuing its aggression on, increasing its attacks, with a campaign of more offensive acts, which section, Starmer said, at the time, characterizing the outrageous Russian invasion by NATO and Polish airspace on them on 1st September. Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, previously moderated the incident of the drone with Macron and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday at his office.
The attitude of international bodies to this security crisis
On Wednesday, the Czech Republic declared that it was dispatching a squadron of helicopters to Poland to aid in anti-drone protection. Germany, Finland, Italy, and the Baltic states have also expressed their willingness to assist Poland. In the meantime, a special meeting of the UN Security Council will be conducted on Friday at the behest of Poland to discuss the incursions of the drones.
What makes this incident a worrying continuation of European security
Poland has fallen forward to activate Article 4 of the NATO treaty that will bring the alliance to consult on the acts of Russia and possibly have a response towards it. The drone raid will be discussed at a formal emergency meeting in the UN Security Council on Friday, following calls by Slovenia, Denmark, Greece, France, and Britain to convene an emergency meeting of the 15 members of the body on the issue.
The fact that NATO allies worked collectively to address this incident serves to indicate that the alliance takes this airspace invasion of the Polish airspace seriously and is very much willing to protect the eastern borders of the alliance. Such an unprecedented incursion by drones is an alarming escalation that has fired up NATO unity and propagated the largest army response to Russian aggression on alliance soil ever since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.