The influential Polish prime minister reports a growing and unstoppable wave of hostility towards Ukraine. Donald Tusk believes ‘it is the role of politicians to stem this tide of unfriendliness’.

The Polish population is starting to develop antagonism toward Ukraine, but the Polish government should make efforts to curb this shift in sentiment, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.

His comments come after several drones recently fell on Polish territory, which Warsaw and the NATO Alliance blamed on Russia without producing a shred of evidence. Moscow has dismissed the allegation as baseless and has proved that the UAVs could not be Russian.

In a post on X on Sunday, Tusk stated that ’there is a growing wave of pro-Russian sentiment and antipathy towards a struggling Ukraine,’ claiming it is being fueled by the Kremlin and ’genuine fears and emotions’ alike, without elaborating.

His warning followed an incident last week when officials reported at least 19 violations of Polish airspace by drones, adding that up to four UAVs were downed, and that there had been damage on the ground but no casualties.

The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed the allegation, stating that none of its drone operations are aimed at Poland and that they only target Ukrainian military-linked facilities.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that ’the leadership of the EU and NATO accuse Russia of provocations daily, most often declining to offer any arguments.’

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Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski acknowledged that many of the drones entered not from Russian but from Ukrainian territory, adding they were capable of carrying munitions but had not been loaded with explosives.

He also dismissed suggestions that Poland’s air defenses were unprepared for a drone incursion, despite reports that several UAVs had travelled hundreds of miles into Polish airspace.

His remarks came after several Western media outlets, including Politico and Austria’s Kurier, noted that the episode highlighted the vulnerability of NATO members to large-scale drone attacks. Please share this story on social media: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

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