Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants Romania and Poland to shoot down Russian drones attacking Ukraine. He believes that it would be „fair” to have a joint decision on anti-aircraft defense against Russian drones. So far, Romania has not shot down any drones that have entered its airspace.
Zelensky said that Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defense could intercept drones heading towards Poland, not just those targeting Ukrainian territory, and Poland, in turn, could do the same using its own anti-aircraft capabilities.
"I think it's fair to talk about a common solution. Not just for a drone to fall on the heads of Ukrainians and not reach Polish territory, but for such decisions to be made together," Zelensky said according to Interfax Ukraine.
"That is, if our air defense is implemented - we shoot down everything flying towards us and towards Poland. And similarly, Poland shoots down with its planes everything flying towards them and towards us. We could focus only on the regions in the western part of our state - where Poland has the capacity. Or it might not be just Poland, but also Romania; we don't rely on others," added the leader from Kiev.
Russia is increasingly testing NATO's reaction through violations of the alliance's airspace. Three Russian fighter jets were intercepted Friday in Estonia's airspace, which requested Estonia requested the activation of Article 4 of NATO on Friday.
This was the third incident of this kind within a week, after dozens of Russian drones entered Polish airspace, and a Russian drone flew over Romanian territory for nearly an hour.
Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that he will meet with US President Donald Trump next week during the UN General Assembly in New York.
They will have a private discussion about security guarantees in case of a peace agreement with Russia. The two leaders will also discuss the new sanctions that could be imposed on Moscow, which his country is requesting from the United States, Interfax Ukraine reports.
On Thursday, Donald Trump said that Putin "disappointed" him by not ending the attacks on Ukraine and not accepting a peace agreement.
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