Trump published his comment in a post on Truth Social and ended with a cryptic phrase: ”Here we go". The White House announced on Wednesday afternoon that President Donald Trump will speak with Poland's President Karol Nawrocki during the day.
Poland has invoked the NATO treaty's Article 4 on acute consultation in the event of a security threat and this has been activated.
It's completely natural. It doesn't happen often in NATO's history, but this is a typical occasion when you want to have a common picture, be able to meet it together in words and be able to say what different capabilities exist in different countries, says Ulf Kristersson about the measure.
Sweden ”on its toes”
He has personally told Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Sweden can help out.
We are ready, we are on our toes to help out, he says.
The Russian aggressive war against Ukraine poses a threat to the entire European security, the Prime Minister believes.
It's probably no one who thinks this has happened by mistake. It follows a Russian way of working, wanting to test and challenge other countries, he says.
Even Defense Minister Pål Jonson (The Moderate Party) notes that what happened is not a mistake.
I can note that the drones were three and a half miles into Polish territory, and there were many drones. It does not appear to be a mistake, says Jonson.
”Reckless violation”
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen came with a similar message when she held her speech about the situation in the EU to the EU Parliament in Strasbourg.
Just today, we have seen a reckless and unprecedented violation of Polish and European airspace with over ten Russian Shahed drones. The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland, said von der Leyen.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha writes on X that Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to ”step up, expand his war and test the Western world” and calls for a united response.
Corrected: In an earlier version, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk had the wrong title.
