Poland Warned Putin His Plane Would Be ‘Forcibly Landed’ and He’d Be Taken to The Hague If He Flew Into Polish Airspace

Sarah Rumpf Oct 21st, 2025, 8:27 pm

Photo of Radosław Sikorski by Wystąpienie Ministra Sikorskiego w Senacie/Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Flickr .

Poland warned Russian President Vladimir Putin not to enter Polish airspace, or his plane would be “forcibly landed” and he’d be escorted to The Hague to be prosecuted for war crimes, Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski said in a radio interview on Tuesday.

Putin’s potential flight plans were to travel to Budapest, Hungary to meet with President Donald Trump regarding the war in Ukraine — a meeting that seems to be on hold after comments by Russian Minister of

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