UK jets to defend Polish skies after Russian drone incursion

[riversedge]

Source: BBC



4 hours ago Alex Boyd and Jonathan Beale


Fighter jets from the UK will join Nato allies in defending Polish airspace after last week's incursion of Russian drones, the defence secretary has confirmed.

RAF Typhoon jets will fly air defence missions over Poland as part of the military alliance's mission to bolster the eastern flank.

Other allies including Denmark, Germany and France are already taking part - a jet from the latter was scrambled earlier on Monday in response to another potential incursion by Russian drones. Nato said that alert was quickly over.

Tensions have risen across Europe since Poland accused Russia of the incident, which saw 19 drones enter its territory. Moscow has insisted the incident was not deliberate...........................

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80gk57x9rpo

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[Hekate]

1. Good. Our former allies can see what's going on

[turbinetree]

2. Guess what our military was doing in Belarus.................with Russians...............

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-military-officers-observe-russia-belarus-war-games-trump-gets-closer-minsk-2025-09-15/

[ancianita]

3. Yep, I don't trust the felon for a minute, even if he gives the impression his US officers are just 'observers.'

Whatever they learn, he won't share it with Ukraine but might just use it as some shakedown leverage over Zelenskyy. Good thing our former NATO allies have better overall military intel and reconnaissance to offset that.

Here's reuters' non-paywall link... https://archive.ph/nvugV

[yellow dahlia]

7. Hmmmm.

Something isn't jibing here.

[turbinetree]

9. They are not allies...............from what I remember................and now these two show up

for war games................

[LudwigPastorius]

11. There's not a chance that Belarus will lean toward the U.S. or the west.

In fact I'd be surprised if Putin hasn't "Anschlussed" it by 2027.

[moondust]

12. Weird.

How many countries would invite an "adversary" to observe their war games up close (and gather intelligence)?

[ancianita]

4. Additional information from The Guardian.

https://archive.ph/DWeHN

"...The British fighters, based at Coningsby in Lincolnshire, will join Nato’s new Eastern Sentry mission working alongside French, German and Danish counterparts who are acting as reinforcements for Dutch F-35s and Polish F-16s...

Over the weekend, Romania became the second Nato ally in eastern Europe to detect a Russian drone crossing into its airspace in a week – and Healey said the Typhoons mission would extend operations to the country if deemed necessary....

...On Friday, Nato leaders announced the creation of Operation Eastern Sentry, a plan to better protect the skies over alliance members in eastern Europe, starting with Poland. The alliance’s most senior military chief, Gen Alexus Grynkewich, said Nato was “bringing additional resources to bear” in the effort...

Healey said the Typhoons would be “operational and involved within days”. Though based in Lincolnshire, from where it takes about 90 minutes to reach Poland, they are supported by a dedicated Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft, allowing them to prolong their missions if necessary.

The British effort would be supported by 400 military personnel in the UK, the minister added. “It’s not just a few planes in the air, it’s a significant operation, part of a much bigger Nato exercise on the eastern flank,” Healey said...."

[yellow dahlia]

8. Yay Team NATO!

[bluestarone]

5. Scary, when we trust NATO nations more than our own Government.

I do for sure!!

[Talitha]

6. "Moscow has insisted the incident was not deliberate....."

Yep, and they insisted they were just practicing militery maneuvers before they invaded Ukraine. NEVER trust those fuckers.

[orangecrush]

10. Poles defended British skies

In the Battle of Britain.

Good.