PM Tusk Response Drone Russia Enters Poland: Situation Closes To Open Conflict Since World War II

JAKARTA - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country was in the closest situation to open conflict since World War II.

Tusk said Poland asked NATO to open consultations under Article 4 of its agreement, which stated members of the Western military alliance would consult together whenever, according to the opinion of one of them, territory, political independence, or security of one of them is threatened.

Tusk told parliament there had been 19 intrusions into Polish airspace last night. The intrusion raised tensions that had already burned after the previous drone intrusion.

"I have no reason to claim we are on the brink of war, but the line has been crossed, and this is far more dangerous than ever before," he said.

"This situation brings us closest to open conflict since World War Two," he continued.

Tusk said the shooting of three drones had been confirmed, and it is likely that the fourth plane had been shot down.

"The fact that this unmanned aircraft, which is a security threat, was shot down changes the political situation. Therefore, allied consultations were carried out in the form of an official request to activate Article 4 of the NATO Agreement," said Tusk.

Polish Interior Ministry spokesman Karolina Galecka said Poland had found seven drones and debris from the missile.

Drones or similar objects hit a residential building in Wyryki in eastern Poland, but no one was injured, local mayor told state news channel TVP Info.

Elsewhere in the eastern Lublin region, police said they found a damaged drone in the village of Czosnowka.

The District Attorney's Office in Zamosc, also in the Lublin region, said it had been notified of the discovery of a drone component near a cemetery in the city of Czesniki.

In the central Lodz region, drones were found in a field near the village of Mniszkow.