The rocket entered the NATO member's airspace on Friday during a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, a Polish military official said.

Poland summoned the Russian charge d’affaires and demanded an explanation for the violation of Poland’s airspace by a missile and an immediate halt to such activities, Poland’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday evening.

According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, a Russian missile entered the airspace of the NATO member on Friday morning. Ukrainian authorities had reported a mass attack on various cities throughout Ukraine overnight.

“On Friday at 7:12 local time (01:12 ET), from the direction of the border with Ukraine, there was a violation of Polish airspace by an object that left Poland’s territory after less than three minutes,” Poland’s General Staff wrote on X social media.

  • KISSmyOS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    133·
    11 months ago

    what does a diplomat actually do when summoned in this kind of scenario?

    In this specific case, publish a statement saying:

    “I was handed a note which contained an unsubstantiated claim that allegedly on the morning of 29th December, an airborne object violated Polish airspace, which Polish specialists identified as a Russian guided missile. No proof was presented. My request for documented proof of what was in the note was refused.”