{"id":1215993,"date":"2025-09-10T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1215993"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:31:23","slug":"uk-defense-secretary-putin-reaches-new-level-of-hostility-against-europe-after-russian-drones-enter-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/uk-defense-secretary-putin-reaches-new-level-of-hostility-against-europe-after-russian-drones-enter-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Defense Secretary: Putin Reaches New Level of Hostility Against Europe After Russian Drones Enter Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>British Defense Secretary John Healey condemned the violation of <strong>Polish airspace by Russian drones<\/strong> on the night of September 9\u201310, calling Russia\u2019s actions \u201c<strong>dangerous, reckless, and unprecedented<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a meeting of <strong>E5 defense ministers in London<\/strong>, Gilli said the UK armed forces had been asked to assess <strong>NATO\u2019s air defense capabilities over Poland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLast night, Putin reached a new level of hostility against Europe. We witnessed a serious breach of Polish airspace on NATO\u2019s eastern border, so severe that Warsaw Airport had to be closed, and NATO jets intercepted Russian drones \u2014 the first defensive operation of this kind since the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK defense chief addressed President Putin directly, emphasizing that <strong>Russian aggression only strengthens NATO\u2019s unity<\/strong> and its commitment to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are telling President Putin: your aggression only strengthens the unity among NATO countries. Your aggression strengthens our resolve to support Ukraine. Your aggression reminds us that a secure Europe requires a strong Ukraine, and that Europe\u2019s security begins in Ukraine,\u201d Gilli said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Polish Prime Minister <strong>Donald Tusk<\/strong> described the drone incursion as a <strong>\u201cmajor provocation\u201d by Moscow<\/strong>. According to Tusk, <strong>19 drones<\/strong> entered Polish airspace overnight, with <strong>3\u20134 intercepted by Polish F-16s and Dutch F-35s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, <strong>NATO invoked Article 4<\/strong> of the North Atlantic Treaty, which allows members to consult when a country\u2019s territorial integrity, political independence, or security is threatened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Defense Secretary John Healey condemned the violation of Polish airspace by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1215995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1215993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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