Global Affairs Canada summoned Russia's ambassador after Russian drones flew through Polish airspace earlier this week.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that Ambassador Oleg Stepanov was summoned Wednesday for an "official reprimand."

"When Russian drones violated Polish airspace, they violated NATO's airspace as well," she said in a statement on social media Friday.

Poland shot down several drones in its airspace with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia's war in Ukraine. Poland said the drones entered its airspace over a period of several hours, and drone debris was recovered in multiple regions.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that the country is

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