NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte did not want to commit to the topic on Friday evening. He said that new knowledge is gained every day and the evaluation is still running. Whether the airspace injuries had been deliberately or not, but also only play a limited role. “Russian drones have injured NATO, that is the decisive factor,” he said, naming this unacceptable.
According to NATO, the defense against the airspace injury on Wednesday, along with Polish F-16 fight jets, were involved, including Dutch F-35, Italian aircraft and German Patriot flight defense systems. However, according to the Bundeswehr, a direct use of your own weapons, i.e. a loss of patriot steering aircraft, did not take place. The German contingent in Rzeszow, like other allies, also contributed to the overall position.
