Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday that Polish forces and their NATO partners downed a "huge" number of Russian drones overnight, the first time Russian assets have been intercepted in the military alliance's airspace.
"Last night, the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down. I am in constant communication with the Secretary General of NATO and our allies," Tusk said in a post on X.
He said there were "multiple violations of Polish airspace," each of which was met by Polish and NATO air defenses, including fighter jets.
Tusk said he was in continual contact with the commander of the operation, the defense minister and the country's president.
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