NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland, raising fears of war spillover

KYIV — NATO fighter jets shot down Russian drones that violated Poland’s airspace while Russia was attacking targets in Ukraine, NATO officials and Poland’s military said Wednesday, in a rare clash between Moscow and militaries from the U.S.-led Western alliance.

The Russian action amounts to an unprecedented violation of Polish airspace and posed “a real threat” to Polish citizens, the Polish military’s Operational Command said in a statement.