Tusk Vows to Press Ahead With Military Modernization
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged on Thursday to push ahead with a “great modernization program” for his country’s military, a day after Russian drones crossed into Poland and forced the NATO alliance to confront a potential threat in its airspace for the first time.
European officials described Sept. 10’s incursion, which occurred during a wave of unrelenting Russian strikes on Ukraine, as a deliberate provocation. It deepened longstanding fears that the three-year war between Poland’s neighbors could precipitate a wider conflict.
The Polish Air Navigation Agency announced yesterday morning that Poland was introducing air traffic restrictions in the eastern part of the country. It said the step was taken at the request of the Polish army for national security reasons but did not elaborate.
Poland said some of the drones that entered its airspace on Sept. 10 came from Belarus, where Russian and local troops have begun gathering for war games scheduled to start today. Poland was to close its border with Belarus at midnight yesterday, a planned move also associated with the military exercises.
Tusk addressed Polish troops at an air base in the central city of Lask, praising their quick action and that of NATO allied forces from the Netherlands that responded to the multiple Russian drone incursions.
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