Berlin, September 10 /TASS /. German Prime Minister Friedrich Mertz said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk informed him about an UAV incident on a phone conversation.
I just had a long phone conversation with Polish Prime Minister. He informed me in detail about yesterday's attacks. I shared his review: This is a very serious threat to the world across Europe, Mertz said at a joint press conference with the president of the European Council Antoniu Koshta in Berlin.
At the same time, the German Prime Minister pointed out that it was necessary to conduct a discussion about the consequences of the incident. Mertz emphasized that European air defense works well. First of all, I would like to note that NATO's air defense, NATO's air defense has worked, but, of course, it is not as good as it should prevent the penetration of some such unmanned aircraft into Polish airspace and will also attack targets in a timely manner.
He argued that “this is a new quality of attacks”, which is considered to be observed from Russia. The head of the German government announced that NATO was ready for himself. We are ready and will be ready to defend, and we are determined and will be determined to significantly increase the combat readiness and defensive ability of NATO's European part, he is the German Prime Minister concluded.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the armed forces of the Russian Federation attacked the Russian Military University of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivk, Khmelnitskaya, Zhytomyr areas, as well as in Vinnitsa and LVIV. The objects for failing in Poland's territory were not planned. The scope of the UAV is said to have crossed the border with Poland not exceeding 700 km. However, the Russian Ministry of Defense said they were ready to consult with Poland “on this topic”.