Poland considers shooting down Russian missiles heading to Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw on February 5, 2024.

Poland is considering a Ukrainian proposal to interceptrockets that are on course to hit cities inor enter Polish territory, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said following a speech at the American Enterprise Institute on the sidelines of the NATO summit on Friday.

“We are a frontline state and Russian missiles breach our airspace – we assume by mistake,” Sikorski said.

Sikorski explained that some missiles fired from around St. Petersburg fly along the Polish border through Belarusian airspace, before briefly entering Polish airspace for about 40 seconds

...agreement said is we will explore this idea,” he said.On Wednesday, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz told Polish national radio service Polskie Radio 24 that such a decision would only be made with NATO allies.“If NATO does not make such a decision, Poland will not make it individually,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said.