The Polish prime minister has asked for Article 4 of Nato to be invoked after shooting down several Russian drones in its airspace.

Poland’s military recorded 19 drones in its airspace overnight, shooting down three or four of them, in what’s been called a ‘large scale provocation’ from the Kremlin.

Speaking to his parliament during an emergency meeting this morning, prime minister Donald Tusk said: ‘There is no doubt that this provocation is incomparably more dangerous from Poland’s point of view than the previous ones.

‘This is not just a war for Ukrainians. This is a confrontation that Russia has declared against the entire free world.’

Invoking Article 4 is considered the starting point for major Nato operations, and once invoked the North Atlantic Council, Nato’s main decision-mak

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