Poland needs more support than its allies, the country’s prime minister said Donald Tusk speaking to parliament, after the Download Russian drones that entered the country’s airspace at night during extensive Russian attack on western Ukraine.

Tusk said that there were 19 violations of the airspace, that a large number of drones came from Belarus and that 4 drones were dismissed.

The last drone was shot down at 6.45am, local time, he said.

The Poland’s prime minister emphasized that he is in constant communication with the allies to strengthen the country’s air defense and that he called for the activation of Article 4 of NATO, which provides for the consultation of all members of the Alliance if any of them believes that his territorial is threatened.

According to NATO records, Article 4 has been invoked only seven times since the alliance was founded in 1949 and was the last time in 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Poland needs more than words of solidarity, Tusk said, adding that he would ask for “much greater” support from the allies.

Although he added that there was no reason to declare Poland in war, he warned that the prospect of a military conflict was closer than any other time after World War II.

In a first reaction, the Polish Foreign Ministry called on the Russian ambassador to explain the breach of airspace.

Earlier, Tusk said that the Poland He is ready to react to any attacks or challenges: “We are dealing with a large -scale challenge … We are ready to repel such challenges. The situation is serious and no one doubts that we should prepare for various scenarios, “Donald Tusk said.

The Polish prime minister appeared reassuring to his fellow citizens, saying that the situation is now under control and that there is no reason to take restrictive measures that would make the Polish life difficult.

There is no reason for panic, Tusk noted, adding that Warsaw is in constant consultation with the allies. The Polish prime minister clarified that there were no casualties from the Russian violation, which he described as a “large -scale challenge”.

The drones that threatened Poland were overthrown, said Tusk, who spoke of a “huge number” of unmanned aircraft.

“This is the first time that Russian unmanned aircraft have been shot down over NATO member country. All of our allies take the situation very seriously. We had no losses, “Tusk added shortly before he participated in the extraordinary cabinet meeting.