Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation dismissed on Sept. 30 Russian intelligence claims of planned Ukrainian provocations in Poland as "a classic false-flag operation." The statement comes after the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service alleged that Ukraine was preparing a sabotage and reconnaissance group to stage incidents on Polish

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called Russia's behavior "reckless" after several drones from the country crossed into Poland, violating NATO airspace.

Right now, though, U.S. leadership appears reticent. Coincidentally or not, the serious airspace violations have happened since Trump’s summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August, when the U.S. leader dropped his demand for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

NATO emphasized its commitment to Article 5, stating that an attack on one ally is considered an attack on all.

Military officials in Poland say the country's airspace was "repeatedly violated by drone-type objects" in the overnight hours amid Russian strikes on targets in Ukraine.

Poland has triggered NATO's Article 4 after Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported that 19 Russian drones breached Polish airspace during an overnight strike on western Ukraine. The incursion, which prompted airspace closures and military response, marks a potential escalation in regional tensions and has drawn calls for allied consultations.

The statement comes after two NATO countries have reported within the past five days that Russian drones have breached their airspace.

Polish fighter jets, with help from NATO allies, shot down multiple Russian drones that entered its eastern border early on Sept. 10. It was the first time the NATO member directly engaged with Russian military assets in its airspace since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

"NATO countries have been caught with their pants down and are rapidly trying to pull them back up," a top expert told Newsweek.

Visiting Poland and the Baltics, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius reiterated Western support for Ukraine and warned that Russia was becoming "an ever greater threat" to NATO.View on euronews

The incident represented the most serious spillover of the war in Ukraine for NATO, as its aircraft engaged the drones that it said came from Russia.

A Russian surveillance plane recently flew within a few hundred meters of a German frigate operating in the Baltic Sea.