Germany will deploy two Eurofighter jets to the border with Poland following the drone incursion incident, The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to the newspaper, the move is geared to enhance Eastern Europe’s air defense.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that during the night of September 9-10, Russian forces targeted Ukrainian military-industrial facilities in the Ivano-Frankovsk, Khmelnitsky, and Zhitomir regions, as well as in Vinnitsa and Lvov. The ministry emphasized that no targets within Polish territory were planned for destruction. It also noted that the UAVs allegedly crossing into Polish airspace had a maximum range of 700 kilometers. The Russian Defense Ministry expressed its readiness to engage in consultations with Poland regarding the incident.
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Germany has already begun patrolling the airspace over Poland after Thursday's drone incursion, a German Defense Ministry spokesman said.
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In turn, when asked whether the German government thinks US President Donald Trump is right in saying that the drone incident was some kind of mistake, German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said that his country’s government "is being guided by NATO’s assessment." "This analysis continues," he said. "The German government and NATO have no doubt that the drones are of Russian origin."
Korenelius said on September 11 that the German government plans to expand patrols of Poland’s airspace after the drone incursion.