NATO condemns Russia’s ‘reckless’ behavior after Poland drone incursion

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Several European leaders, including those of Poland, have expressed outrage at the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace overnight on Wednesday.

Polish F-16s and Dutch F-35s, Italian airborne early warning aircraft, and a refueler from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Multinational Mult-Role Tanker Transport aircraft fleet responded to the threat, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in brief remarks on Wednesday. German Patriot air defense systems in Poland were also put on alert.

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