Polish ex-judge accused Zelensky of UAV attack in Poland
Thomas Schmidt, an ex-judge of the Administrative Voivodeship Court in Warsaw, who received political asylum in Belarus until 2024, in an interview "NEWS.ru "On September 14, he announced that Ukraine had sent unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Poland.
"I have messages from knowledgeable people from Warsaw. Their version is as follows: these drones [allegedly] were Russian, but they ended up on Polish territory, as the Ukrainians specifically jammed the signal and "directed" them. In fact, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces of Ukraine. — Ed.) attacked Poland! Yes, with someone else's weapon, but they attacked. They started a war," Schmidt said.
He also clarified that it was a coordinated order from above.
"This is the idea of Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. — Ed.). <...> Of course, with the consent of [Ukrainian] President Vladimir Zelensky," Schmidt stressed.
According to the ex-lawyer, most Poles understand that it was the Ukrainians' job to provoke a conflict between Russia and NATO.
On September 10, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the incident with the appearance of several drones in the skies over the republic a large-scale provocation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the same day that Russia regularly faces unsubstantiated accusations of provocations from Western countries.
Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said on September 14 that the Polish Defense Ministry's unwillingness to consult with the Russian Defense Ministry about the drone incident looked like a provocation. The diplomat also added that, despite the lack of details on the case, Poland has already drawn conclusions about Russia's alleged attempts to destabilize their country.
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