US vows to defend NATO territory after suspected Russian drone incursion in Poland

The United States told the UN Security Council on Friday it would "defend every inch of NATO territory.”

The remarks came after the alleged Russian drone incursion into Poland.

“On September 10th, Russian military drones violated the airspace of Poland, a NATO member. The United States stands by our NATO Allies in the face of these alarming airspace violations. The United States is consulting with Poland and our other NATO Allies under Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and rest assured, we will defend every inch of NATO territory,” acting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Shea said at the UNSC meeting.

“This incident does not help the extraordinary efforts that the United States has undertaken in recent weeks to broker an end to the war. Since the Alaska summit between President Trump and President Putin on August 15th, Russia has intensified its bombing campaign against Ukraine, resulting in loss of life and damage to civilian infrastructure. These actions, now with the addition of violating the airspace of a U.S. Ally –intentionally or otherwise – show immense disrespect for good-faith U.S. efforts to bring an end to this conflict. We urge Russia to renew – and live up to – its commitment to diplomacy by seeking an immediate end to hostilities through direct negotiations with Ukraine,” Shea said.

Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, dismissed accusations that Moscow intentionally violated Polish airspace earlier this week, insisting that claims of an “attack” on the NATO state were unsupported by evidence and hyped up by what he called the “European party of war,” RT reported.

"Warsaw hastily pinned blame on Russia, without presenting any evidence whatsoever,” Nebenzia told the Security Council on Friday, according to RT. He argued that damage reported in eastern Poland was consistent with falling debris rather than an explosive strike, and noted that Polish officials themselves admitted no warheads had been found. Nebenzia said Moscow was willing to engage in professional dialogue with Polish officials to investigate the incident, but warned against “megaphone diplomacy” and what he described as “information campaigns” designed to prolong the Ukraine conflict.