BERLIN: The German government said Wednesday that Moscow was “testing” Ukraine’s allies after Russian drones violated Polish airspace in what it called a “very serious” incident.
Government spokesman Sebastian Hille told reporters the incident “once again shows the threat that we face” and how much Germany and other NATO countries “are being tested by Russia.”
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius meanwhile told the German parliament the drones were “clearly set on this course” and “did not have to fly this route to reach Ukraine.”
“There is absolutely no reason to believe that this was a course correction error or anything of the sort,” Pistorius said.
Poland was gathering its NATO allies for urgent talks Wednesday after the Russian drones flew into its airspace in an overnight attack on Ukraine.
