Zelensky: Deployment of NATO aircraft to intercept Russian drones in Poland 'highly significant' precedent

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commended the use of NATO aircraft to intercept Russian drones over Poland after a Wednesday incursion amid an attack on Ukraine.

“The precedent of using combat aircraft from several European countries simultaneously to shoot down Russian weapons and protect human lives is highly significant,” Zelensky wrote in a statement on the social platform X.

“Ukraine has long proposed to its partners the creation of a joint air-defense system to ensure the guaranteed downing of ‘shaheds’”’, other drones, and missiles through the combined strength of our combat aviation and air defenses,” he continued.

The Kremlin’s move was seen as an escalation, and a NATO spokesperson said it was the first time the alliance has confronted a potential threat in its airspace.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/zelensky-deployment-nato-aircraft-intercept-130205486.html

[riversedge]

1. I am so glad that Ukraine is getting help from NATO

[Irish_Dem]

2. It only took NATO three years to get a clue.

[Glorious bastard]

3. This is a big effing deal. It is equivalent to establishing a no fly zone for Russian aircraft (drones included)

over the Western border of Ukraine, just outside of Ukraine's territory.

The message is clear: should Russia escalate, it risks an extension of the no-fly zone into the sovereign territory of Ukraine.