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Poland is considering launching Russian missiles over Ukraine – but no agreement has yet been reached. An incident in March was probably the trigger.
Warsaw – Poland is considering the possibility of shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine using its air defense systems. The country has already had to use fighter jets to protect its airspace from Russian missiles in the past. Apparently, Ukraine has also approached Poland to propose using Polish air defense systems to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory. According to reports, the Ukrainian president intends Volodymyr Zelenskymore NATO-to ask allies for such kills next month as well.
Discussions on this issue began in Poland after an im Ukraine War A Russian missile fired entered Polish airspace. The missile entered Polish airspace near the town of Ozerdow for 39 seconds.
“Question is being examined from a legal and technical point of view” – Will Poland soon launch Russian missiles?
Now Polish officials are discussing the legal consequences of firing Russian missiles over Ukraine. Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski told the Ukrainian News Agency on Wednesday (May 22). Ukrinform. “This issue is being examined from a legal and technical perspective, but there are no decisions on this matter,” Vronsky continued.
However, the Foreign Ministry spokesman ruled out providing the Polish air defense systems to Ukraine. “In Poland there is no discussion about this at all. There is no possibility that the Polish air defense system is outside the country’s borders,” said Wronski.
Deputy Secretary of State for launches – “when they are very close to the NATO border”
Previously, Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna had said that his country was considering shooting down Russian missiles that were approaching its borders. “NATO is examining various concepts, including that such missiles should be shot down if they are very close to the NATO border,” Szejna told Polish radio in March. RMF FM. But this should happen “with the consent of the Ukrainian side and taking into account the international consequences.”
Jacek Siewiera, head of the Polish Office for National Security, has also already spoken out in favor of such shootings.We’ve had a big problem with this so far. “This is due to the formal regulations, the decision-making processes and also a certain culture of the peacekeeping states,” he said at the end of March, according to the US portal Newsweek.
Zelensky has long complained about the lack of air defense: only “about 25 percent of what we need”
The US news website Politico According to reports, the Ukrainian president intends to ask his NATO allies to shoot down Russian missiles soon. The report on Wednesday (May 22) said that two unnamed sources familiar with the matter made the statement. According to the report, Zelensky will make the request after attending a D-Day commemoration in France in June and the G7 meeting in Italy.
Selenskyj has repeatedly complained about a massive lack of weapons for his country’s air defense and fears an expansion of the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine currently has only a fraction of the air defense systems it needs for its defense, he told the news agency AFP. Russia advanced five to ten kilometers in its ground offensive in the Kharkiv area. Further waves of attacks are to be feared. In terms of air defense, his country currently only has “about 25 percent of what we need to defend Ukraine,” Zelensky continued. (tpn)
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