The United States is ready to fulfill its obligations to protect NATO countries, including those relating to Russian missile attacks that could threaten Poland, the
Pentagon
said .
"I can tell you what this administration has said time and time again: We will defend every inch of NATO. If a NATO ally were to be attacked, we certainly wouldn't want that to happen, but we will defend every inch of NATO," the deputy spokeswoman said yesterday. of the Pentagon,
Sabrina Singh
, commenting on Poland's claims about the possibility of shooting down missiles aimed at Alliance territory.
“Our priority right now is to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs on the battlefield,” the spokeswoman added.
Yesterday the Polish Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrzej Szejna, in an interview with radio RMF24, admitted that the possibility of shooting down the missiles flying towards NATO territory is being evaluated.
Last Sunday the Polish army announced that one of the cruise missiles launched by Russia during a night attack against Ukraine had briefly violated the country's airspace.
Kiev, 10 out of 13 Russian drones shot down during the night
Russian forces launched 13 kamikaze drones over Ukraine during the night, 10 of which were shot down by Kiev's air defenses: the Ukrainian Air Force announced this on Telegram.
The unmanned aircraft, of the Shahed type, came from the Kursk region of Russia and were intercepted and destroyed in the Kharkiv, Sumy and Kiev regions.
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