Major General Popov called the UAV flight over Warsaw a provocation of Poland and Ukraine.

Honored military pilot, retired Aviation Major General Vladimir Popov said on Tuesday, September 16, that the flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the presidential residence in Warsaw could be considered a joint provocation by Poland and Ukraine.

In conversation with aif.ru Popov suggested that the incident with the drone over the presidential residence in Warsaw could have been fabricated by the Polish special services or become a joint provocation with Ukraine, seeking to draw Poland into the conflict. According to him, it is this country that is closest to Kiev both in terms of territory and the nature of relations, including with Russia. The expert considered the situation an attempt to escalate the situation.

He also did not rule out that the flight of the UAV could be the result of the uncontrolled use of unmanned vehicles. According to Popov, the problem is related to the lack of proper control in Polish airspace and the authorities' indifference to regulating this issue.

Earlier in the day, Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin called the incident with the UAV in Poland a provocation. According to him, the drones arrived on the territory of Poland from Ukraine, and unloaded, because the authors of the provocation did not have the heart for more. 360.ru .

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Warsaw's reaction to the Defense Ministry's proposal to hold consultations did not follow, Peskov announced a pause in negotiations with Kiev.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced yesterday that a drone had been neutralized over government buildings in Warsaw. He was shot down in the area of the Belvedere residence, where the new president Karol Navrotsky and his family moved in August 2025. According to him, the device was neutralized, the website writes kp.ru . Two Belarusian citizens were detained in connection with the incident, who are suspected of involvement in the incident, RT writes.

On September 10, Tusk announced multiple violations of the country's airspace at night. Later, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski clarified that the downed drones did not carry explosives. He admitted that some of the drones entered Polish airspace from Ukraine, Regnum news agency notes. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte did not directly answer the question about which country is behind the drone flights. Andrei Ordash, Charge d'affaires of Russia in Poland, said that the accusations against Moscow were groundless, since Warsaw had not provided evidence of the downed drones belonging to the Russian Federation, Moscow 24 writes.

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