Poland has invoked NATO’s Article 4 after Russian drones were shot down over its airspace. This marks the first time that Russian drones have been shot down over a NATO country, and it comes after Russian drones had already crossed into Poland twice last week.
While Poland’s invocation of Article 4 does not commit the alliance to military action, it is a key step toward potentially invoking Article 5. According to the NY Times, this is the alliance’s core commitment to treat an attack on one member as an attack against all of them. The incident occurred after Russian drones entered Polish airspace.
