Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap!
Poland said that a flying object that crashed and exploded in rural eastern Poland overnight was identified as a Russian military drone carrying some explosives (13:04, 15:33, 16:37, 17:12, 18:08).
No injuries were reported in the explosion, with some damage to local buildings.
As authorities continue to investigate the incident, Poland’s foreign minister confirmed plans to send a protest note to Russia (16:33).
The incident highlighted that Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine posed an on-going risk for European and Nato countries, the foreign ministry’s spokesperson said (17:25).
Earlier,
Nato military leaders had a “great, candid” discussion on next steps in planning security guarantees and support for Ukraine, after their online meeting on the back of Monday’s White House summit (12:55).
But Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the meeting, criticising what he saw as “clumsy” attempts by Europe to change Trump’s position on Ukraine, and claiming no constructive proposals were fielded during the talks (13:13).
The UK government has adopted new sanctions on entities linked with alleged Russian “attempts to avoid sanctions by exploiting Kyrgyz financial systems and crypto network” (15:36).
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Poland’s deputy defence minister Stanisław Wziątek just told TVN24 the Polish authorities suspected “maybe not with absolute certainty, but with a very high probability” that the drone involved in the incident overnight was a Russian-made Gerbera decoy drone with a Chinese engine, which “exploded in the air.”
If confirmed, it would make it the same model which last month was reported to be involved in a similar incident in Lithuania.
