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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones is rightly described as having brought the Eastern European country closer to conflict than at any time since the Second World War. There can be no substitute for collective security – with or without Donald Trump

Poland's armed forces, with NATO support, have shot down multiple Russian drones that crossed its airspace

NATO allies have held talks about Russian drones entering Polish airspace

Russia’s violation of Poland’s airspace with drones on Wednesday marks the most serious cross-border incident into a NATO member country since the war began

The drones were intercepted during a significant Russian air attack on Ukraine

Polish PM Donald Tusk says three Russian drones were confirmed shot down over Poland’s territory

COMMENT: The case for invoking an Article 5 collective response against Russia’s drone incursion into Poland isn’t as simple as it first looks for Nato, writes Mary Dejevsky. So what, then, is its least-worst option?

It has been a bad 24 hours for western air defence systems over Poland and Qatar. A flight of Russian one-way suicide drones penetrated deep into Polish territory overnight, causing airfields to be closed, including the Chopin airfield at Warsaw.

Defence Secretary John Healey said the move took Russia’s aggression to ‘a new level of hostility’.