Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide including “acts of air terror” against airlines.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk alleged on Wednesday that Russia is planning acts of sabotage worldwide, including "acts of air terror" targeting airlines. Speaking at a news conference in Warsaw alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,
I can only confirm that Russia planned acts of air terror, not just against Poland but against airlines across the globe,” said Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that an allegation by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Russia had planned "acts of terrorism" in the air against Poland and other countries was completely unsubstantiated.
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It comes as Russia launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure
NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets after overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Warsaw's military said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces told Newsweek that "intense long-range aviation activity" from Russia had been detected early on Wednesday.
WARSAW – Russia planned "acts of terror" against aircraft in Poland and elsewhere, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday. "The latest information can confirm the validity of fears that Russia was planning acts of terrorism in the air not only against Poland," Tusk told reporters in Warsaw.
Most recently, Russia was accused of shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. The incident echoed the downing of the MH17 plane in 2014 over eastern Ukraine in territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists, which killed 298 people.
The Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine bordering Russia. The state energy company Ukrenergo reported emergency power outages in six regions. It often shuts down production during attacks as a precaution.
Poland's Prime Minister has vowed to prioritize Ukraine's path to European Union membership during his country's upcoming presidency of the bloc.