7 h. ago Poland says UN will hold emergency meeting after Russian drone incursions

Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian foreign ministers say act was deliberate and coordinated as Trump offers little supportEurope live – latest updatesPoland said the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting over an incursion into the country by Russian drones on Wednesday as allies disputed whether it was a deliberate attack on Poland by Russia and Donald Trump offered little in the way of public support.Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, told local radio Poland planned to use the security council meeting to “draw the world’s attention to this unprecedented Russian drone attack on a member of the UN, EU and Nato”. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Is it safe to travel to Poland amid WW3 fears following Russian drone attack?

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country was "the closest to conflict since WWII" following the attacks

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14 h. ago Warning Putin could shoot down a passenger plane over Europe: Experts say Russia could accidentally or deliberately destroy civilian jet following Poland drone incursion

Airlines may review their risk assessments in Poland after the country was forced to shoot down drones in its airspace with the backing of military aircraft from NATO allies.

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17 h. ago UK drone programme as NATO allies condemn 'deliberate' drone strikes and experts warn of Russian 'test'

Doubts expressed over Russian denial as NATO chief vows to defend ‘every inch’ of territory

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18 h. ago The Nato night team were watching the drones pounding Ukraine. But then one squadron banked starboard

The graveyard shift inside Nato's Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany. For the watchkeepers, just another night staring into the electronic abyss of monitors and screens.

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22 h. ago How Russia's drone attack on Poland that was 'months in the planning' triggered a rapid response among NATO allies

The graveyard shift inside Nato's Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany. For the watchkeepers, just another night staring into the electronic abyss of monitors and screens.

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31 h. ago Poland ‘closer to military conflict than at any time since WW2’ as Nato allies weigh response to Russian drones

Donald Tusk says Poland dealing with a large-scale provocation after at least 19 violations of Polish airspacePoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country is closer to military conflict “than at any time since the second world war” as Warsaw and Nato allies weighed a response to an incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.Poland scrambled its own and Nato air defences, shooting down at least three drones, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Nato territory early on Wednesday in the most significant way since the full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago NATO allies held Article 4 consultations after Russian drone incursion. Here's what that means

NATO allies have held talks about Russian drones entering Polish airspace

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35 h. ago Voices: Putin’s goading NATO: He’s gambling that all it can launch against him is fearsome rhetoric

The case for invoking an Article 5 collective response against Russia’s drone incursion into Poland isn’t as simple as it first looks for Nato, writes Mary Dejevsky. So what, then, is its least-worst option?

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37 h. ago Are flights to Poland cancelled or diverted due to the Russian drone attack?

Foreign Office warns: ‘Poland’s airports are open but there may be travel disruption’

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39 h. ago Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during bombardment of Ukraine

Poland says that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it called an “act of aggression” as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine

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41 h. ago Babies’ cries can make humans physically hotter, research finds

When in distress, babies produce chaotic wails which have pronounced effects on humans, including changes in facial temperatureThe cry of a distressed baby triggers a rapid emotional response in both men and women that is enough to make them physically hotter, researchers say.Thermal imaging revealed that people experienced a rush of blood to the face that raised the temperature of their skin when they were played recordings of babies wailing. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Poland shoots down Russian drones after airspace was 'repeatedly violated' in first military clash since Ukraine invasion

The nation's military command said Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by 'drone-type objects' during the Russian attack across the border in Ukraine.

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46 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone alert in Poland before Belarus border closure

Warplanes scrambled after warning from Ukraine; Poland to seal border over Russian and Belarus’s ‘very aggressive’ Zapad war games. What we know on day 1,295Warplanes were scrambled early on Wednesday after Ukraine’s air force warned that Russian drones had entered Nato-member Poland’s airspace. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command said. The Ukrainian air force said drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland. Ukrainian media reported that one was heading towards the western Polish city of Rzeszow, and said airports were being temporarily closed.Poland will close its border with Belarus on Thursday as a result of the “very aggressive” Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus involving Russia, Donald Tusk has announced. The Polish prime minister said it was also a response to a growin...

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46 h. ago Fighter jets are scrambled as Russian suicide drones enter Nato airspace over Poland: Commercial planes are diverted as Allies tackle threat

Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app that drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland.

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3 d. ago ‘Putin wants us to panic’: Why Russia launched the largest aerial strike of the war so far

The Russian army launched a fresh drone assault on Kyiv on Sunday thought to be the largest of the war so far

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3 d. ago Ukraine star shares harrowing footage of his flat being bombed during a Russian drone attack

Ukraine midfielder Georgiy Sudakov has shared a video showing the harrowing ordeal his family endured when his apartment in Kyiv was bombed with his wife and child inside.

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4 d. ago Putin 'plotting to invade Suwalki Gap' as key signs point to 'NATO's Achilles heel'

Military expert Philip Ingram has claimed if Vladimir Putin should take the Sulwalki Gap between Poland and Lithuania, it could spell disaster for NATO and its allies

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4 d. ago Russian drone attack kills four and hits government building in Kyiv

A mother and three-month-old child were among those killed

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4 d. ago Baby and woman killed during Putin's record 800 drone attack on Ukraine as NATO scramble warplanes

The 32-year-old woman and her two-month-old son died in the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital, with dozens of people injured in the Russian terror.

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