The Latest Breaking News on ‘Highly significant’: Zelensky reacts as NATO jets shoot down Russian drones over Poland for first time

Russia and Belarus are set to stage a massive military exercise in mid-September and with the war in Ukraine still raging, the move has raised concern across Europe. Germany has issued military warnings, while France is quietly preparing its hospitals for the possibility of a wider conflict.

Numerous European countries offer support but some allies dispute whether incident was deliberate attack

Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid on its territory.

Poland has invested billions into modernising its military since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, becoming NATO’s biggest spender relative to its economic size.

The use of F-35 aircraft to shoot down drones shows that Poland is not yet ready for mass drone warfare, according to Lieutenant General Jarosław Gromadziński in an interview with Euronews.

Ukraine and Western analysts say Russia uses the Gerbera as a cheap way to saturate Ukraine's air defences

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is pledging to forge ahead with plans to modernize the country's military after Russian drones crossed into Poland

Poland on Wednesday became the first NATO member to actively engage with Russian drones since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Warsaw said the breach was deliberate.

Here are the key events on day 1,295 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.