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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shaun Walker in Kyiv and Jakub Krupa

Emergency UN security council meeting convened after Russian drone incursion into Poland

Soldiers wearing hi-vis walk along a road. An army truck is parked further up the road, behind tape cordoning off the area
Soldiers patrol an area where a drone was shot down. Photograph: Jakub Orzechowski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Reuters

An emergency session of the UN security council will convene on Friday at Poland’s request as Warsaw seeks to rally support after an incursion into the country by Russian drones on Wednesday.

Numerous European allies pledged support for Poland, including a promise by Germany to strengthen its military presence on Nato’s eastern flank, but some disputed whether the incursion was a deliberate attack on Poland by Russia and Donald Trump offered little in the way of public support.

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