Is WW3 starting? Russia Strikes Poland in Shock Attack

For the first time, a NATO member has directly engaged and shot down Russian military drones inside its airspace, triggering a high-stakes standoff and raising alarm across the alliance. The confrontation came as Poland intercepted at least eight drones that had crossed its border during one of the most intense aerial attacks of the conflict.

For the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, the war has spilled decisively into NATO territory. In the early hours of this morning (Wednesday), Poland shot down at least eight Russian drones that had crossed its border during one of Moscow’s largest aerial barrages of the conflict.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the drone intrusion an “act of aggression” against a NATO member, a term loaded with implications under the alliance’s mutual defense pact.

He then warned that the incident has brought the country closer to open conflict than at any time since World War II. "I have no reason to claim that we are on the verge of war, but a line has been crossed, and this is immeasurably more dangerous than before ... This situation brings us the closest we have been to open conflict since World War 1I."I." (Read More)