This is another step by which Russia escalates and demonstrates its aggressive intentions towards Europe. This is how Prof. Todor Tagarev, former Minister of Defense, commented to the Bulgarian National Radio on the entry of Russian drones into Polish airspace.
"A provocation that aims to test several things. First, NATO's readiness. Second - to influence the people who work to provide material assistance to Ukraine. Poland is the country through which a huge part of this assistance passes. To influence NATO and EU member states, especially those on the eastern flank, by making their leaders and the population feel threatened and decide to invest more in their own security than in helping Ukraine.
This act comes after many other hybrid actions by the Russian Federation towards European countries, Tagerev also noted in the program "Nedelya 150".
"We should not worry further, we simply need to make the necessary efforts to be able to neutralize subsequent aggressive actions by Russia.
Since we are part of NATO, and NATO has a unified airspace surveillance system that relies not only on Bulgarian radars, but also on many other means, I assume that we would have enough timely information if a similar scenario were to be implemented with regard to Bulgaria.
The question of whether we will be able to neutralize these means is also quite complex.
We are not ready for a scenario in which hundreds of drones invade our airspace. There is no way we can act, and for a long time, if we do not study the experience of Ukraine.
This is a provocation from Russia, it has not yet set out to attack a NATO country, the former defense minister noted.
"We are not in a situation to deploy hundreds of teams in all countries on NATO's eastern flank. This would not be a sensible solution.
The real solution is to work together with Ukraine and create a unified system for protection against drones, as well as for air and missile defense.