Warsaw convened an emergency UN Security Council session over what it claimed was a “deliberate attack”
Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, has dismissed accusations that Moscow intentionally violated Polish airspace earlier this week, insisting that claims of an “attack” on the NATO state were unsupported by evidence and hyped up by what he called the “European party of war.”
The Polish government said its military tracked at least 19 alleged violations over a seven-hour period on Wednesday, describing the episode as “deliberate” and “unprecedented.”
“Warsaw hastily pinned blame on Russia, without presenting any evidence whatsoever,” Nebenzia told the Security Council on Friday. He argued that damage reported in eastern Poland was consistent with falling debris rather than an explosive strike, and noted that Polish officials themselves admitted no warheads had been found on Polish territory.
According to the Russian diplomat, the drones used in strikes against Ukrainian military targets on the night of September 10 had a range of no more than 700 kilometers – “making it physically impossible for them to reach Poland.” He suggested that some of the reported devices may have malfunctioned or been disrupted by electronic warfare or GPS spoofing, while Belarus had promptly warned Warsaw of possible risks.
Nebenzia said Moscow was willing to engage in professional dialogue with Polish officials to investigate the incident, but warned against “megaphone diplomacy” and what he described as “information campaigns” designed to prolong the Ukraine conflict.
The envoy also drew parallels to the 2022 Przewodow incident, in which two Poles were killed by a missile later acknowledged to have been launched by Ukraine. He accused Kiev of seeking to “drag NATO into war” and said European leaders were once again using “hysterical outbursts” about Russian aggression to justify militarization.
“Who benefits from this artificially inflated hysteria? Only the Kiev regime and the European party of war, who are desperately trying to derail the prospects for a Ukrainian settlement that began to take shape as a result of Russian-American contacts in August,” Nebenzia argued.
Multiple EU officials, including top diplomat Kaja Kallas, called the incident a “deliberate violation.” NATO announced the launch of the “Eastern Sentry” operation to “bolster posture” along the eastern flank.
US President Donald Trump downplayed the incident on Thursday, suggesting it “could have been a mistake.” But Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk doubled down, insisting “it wasn’t.” Anyone who doubts that narrative is “either the author or an accomplice of Russian propaganda,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stated in Kiev on Friday.
