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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Jennifer Rankin

Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister

Radosław Sikorski speaks near the downed Shahed-136 attack drone unveiled at the Houses of Parliament
Sikorski at the unveiling in London of a downed Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drone, used by Russia in Ukraine and acquired by the US pressure group United Against Nuclear Iran Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

Poland’s foreign minister has accused Russia of a “tactically stupid and counterproductive” escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying its drone incursion into Poland last month appeared to be deliberate.

Radosław Sikorski, on a visit to London, said all Vladimir Putin had achieved with the incursion was a consolidation of western opinion against him. He also dismissed Russian concerns that supplying US Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would be unnecessarily provocative.

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