A Russian drone was reportedly shot down in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, after claims it flew into Polish airspace.
The drone is claimed to have first circled over the Ukrainian city of Yavoriv before flying over Poland where it was in breach of Nato territory.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces said the drone appeared to be assessing damage caused to the Yavoriv military base near Lviv over the weekend, after missile strikes killed at least 35 people, 24 TV reports.
It was then said to have flown over Poland before returning to Ukrainian airspace where it was shot down by the country’s air defence.
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian forces said: “As we can see, the occupiers continue to carry out their provocative actions without hesitation, flying into the airspace of Nato member states.”
Putin’s forces launched missile strikes just 12 miles from the Polish border with Ukraine in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The airstrike, which blasted the Yavoriv military base near Lviv, killed at least 35 people and injured another 134.
Russian forces fired more than 30 cruise missiles at the base, prompting authorities to warn Vladimir Putin could start “provoking” Nato countries.
Poland belongs to the 30-strong defensive military alliance which also includes the UK, US, France, and Germany.
And Britain’s health secretary Sajid Javid on Monday, March 14, 2022, vowed Britain will go to war against Russia if Putin attacks a Nato country.
Javid said: “We’ve been very clear from the start, with our Nato allies, that if there is any kind of attack on Nato territory then it will be war with Nato and there will be a severe response.
“Even if just a single toecap of a Russian soldier steps into Nato territory, then it will be war with Russia and Nato would respond.
“That hasn’t changed throughout this conflict and there would be a significant response from Nato if there was any kind of attack from Russia.
“Our message has been very clear from the start. Any kind of attack, anything that touches Nato territory or impacts Nato in any significant way, then we would respond.”
His comments follow a huge bolstering of deployment to Eastern Europe by Nato allies in recent months.
Russia has lost more than 12,000 troops in almost three weeks of fighting so far – as well as hundreds of tanks and aircraft, according to Ukrainian estimates.
There have been widespread reports that morale is incredibly low, with kit repeatedly breaking down and shortages of food and fuel.
Meanwhile Putin has even resorted to calling in mercenaries from as far afield as Syria to bolster his struggling forces.
Moscow is becoming so desperate it has even asked China for help.
Source: The Sun
