WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European leaders on Thursday expressed alarm over growing Russian hostility threatening their countries as Moscow’s forces pursue their invasion of Ukraine — concerns exacerbated by events of the previous day when multiple Russian drones struck Polish soil .

The incursion into Poland, which came during unrelenting Russian strikes on neighboring Ukraine , deepened longstanding fears that the three-year war between Poland’s neighbors could precipitate a wider conflict. U.S.-led efforts to steer Moscow and Kyiv toward a peace settlement have so far failed to get traction.

European officials described the incursion as a deliberate provocation, forcing the NATO alliance to confront a potential threat in its airspace for the first time and compelling it

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