Poland Refused to Shoot Down Russian Missiles and Drones

Poland will not shoot down Russian drones and missiles over Ukrainian territory and will not train its military on Ukrainian territory. This was stated by the country's Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Zalevsky, according to the Onet publication.

According to him, the Polish authorities “are not considering in any format what is one of the Ukrainian expectations.”

"The West's radical strengthening of Ukraine's air defenses should be sufficient and does not need such support from the Polish Air Force," the Polish official said.

He also stressed that “NATO and EU countries are not parties to the war.”

The official also rejected the possibility of Poland training Ukrainian soldiers on Ukrainian territory due to the “high cost, time and organization.”

Poland is in favor of continuing the education of Ukrainians in the EU, and not in their own country, Zalewski said.

He suggests that there are countries that would train Ukrainian soldiers in Ukraine on the basis of a bilateral agreement, but “Poland is not one of them.”