Poland Warns: Russian Drones and Jets Probe NATO Airspace; Hybrid War Tactics Exposed | CNN2.0

🛩️ Poland says roughly 21 Russian drones breached Polish airspace, a drone entered Romania, and three Russian jets lingered over Estonia for about 12 minutes before NATO scrambled F‑35s to repel them.
⚠️ Deputy PM Radosław Sikorski calls the incursions deliberate provocations within Moscow’s “hybrid war” playbook—spanning information ops, arsons, assassinations, incendiary parcels, and migrant pushes across borders
🧭 Rules of response: Poland asserts the right to defend its airspace and citizens by intercepting, turning back, or forcing unauthorized drones/aircraft to land, while clarifying he did not threaten to “take the battle to Russia”
🛰️ Probe by design: All drones were unarmed with extra fuel tanks, launched from a single site distinct from Ukraine strikes—meant to test air defenses, civil resilience, and allied unity during a seven‑hour operation with Dutch, Italian, and German support and added anti‑drone/air assets
🔄 Ukraine front: Sikorski says President Trump now sees Ukraine can win as Russia’s offensive stalls, with Ukraine striking about half of Russia’s refineries; he urges more U.S. arms and tougher sanctions, noting the U.S. is planning to buy Ukrainian drones .
🧮 Endgame view: He predicts a WWI‑style finish when one side runs out of resources, arguing Russian reforms typically follow lost wars and hinting that regime change often comes only after defeat

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