By Alperen Aktas
ISTANBUL (AA) - Poland’s permanent representative to the UN urged stronger international response on Friday over suspected Russian drone incursions into Polish territory on and called it a “destabilizing escalation” that threatens regional stability.
Speaking ahead of a Security Council meeting requested by Warsaw, Krzysztof Szczerski said: “For the first time in its history, Poland has decided to request the convening of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.”
He added that the drone incursion was “yet another flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations committed by the Russian Federation while attacking the territory of Ukraine.”
He warned that the drones posed “a real threat to the civilian population, infrastructure, and aviation safety,” and stressed that the scale of this sortie—a sweeping incursion across NATO and EU airspace—was unprecedented since the full-scale war began in 2022.
“Such a provocation is profoundly disrespectful toward the collective and tireless efforts of the international community to bring an end to the war and to restore peace and stability in accordance with international law,” he said, thanking South Korea for presiding over the meeting. He repeated Poland’s demand for Russia to cease its aggression, avoid further provocations, and adhere to UN Charter principles.
Earlier this week, Poland said that its airspace was violated by drones amid overnight airstrikes between Russia and Ukraine, defining the incursion as an “act of aggression.”
The Russian Defense Ministry, for its part, denied any intention to strike targets on Polish territory during the attacks, which it claimed targeted enterprises of Kyiv’s military-industrial complex in western Ukraine.