The President of Poland Karol Nawrocki has signed a resolution allowing foreign military forces to remain on the territory of the country. This was reported by the National Security Bureau on the social network X.
"The President of the Republic of Poland Karol Nawrocki has signed a resolution allowing foreign military forces from the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to remain on the territory of Poland“, the publication says.
We recall that NATO launched Operation "Eastern Guard“ to strengthen its positions on the eastern flank of the Alliance. This is a response to the entry of Russian drones into Poland and a possible preventive measure against new threats from Russia, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced earlier.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced that the new defense structure will use forces from allies, including Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and others.
The country's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace last week was an attempt by the Kremlin to test NATO's reaction to the escalation of tensions without provoking an all-out war with the West.
The Polish minister announced this in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian.
Sikorski confirmed that the drones used in the attack were adapted to carry explosives. However, none were found in the drones that reached Poland.
'It is interesting that they were all faulty, which I think shows that Russia tried to check us without starting a war,' the foreign minister told the Guardian.
He rejected suggestions that Poland's air defences were not prepared for the attack, due to the fact that some drones flew hundreds of kilometres into the country, and only 3 or 4 out of 19 were shot down.
'The drones did not reach their targets, property suffered minor damage, no one was injured. "If this had happened in Ukraine, by Ukrainian standards, it would be considered a 100% success," Sikorsky said.