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President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday with a degree of bemusement toward Russia’s drone incursion into Poland, a NATO member that Trump has previously vowed to defend amid heightened tensions with Moscow.
Nato fighter jets shot down Russian drones over Poland in the first ever direct engagement between the Western alliance and Moscow.
European leaders voiced alarm after Warsaw said Polish forces shot down several Russian drones that crossed into Poland on Wednesday, the first direct military engagement of a NATO country since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.