Warsaw turns to Ukraine for the expertise of the drone war after the Russian drone incursion
Kyiv, Ukraine – Poland is based on Ukraine’s expertise in the war of the drones tested in combat, establishing military training programs and joint manufacturing projects, officials of Warsaw and kyiv announced Thursday, a little more than a week after Russian drones have entered Polish air space and exposed NATO vulnerability to a new generation of non -mixed systems.
The drones used for defense and attacks have played a central role in the battlefield during the three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, transforming the way the wars are carried out, and the countries wish to master the new technology of battlefield in rapid development.
The Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Denys Shmyhal, said that he and his Polish counterpart visiting Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz signed a memorandum to create a joint working group for unrelated systems.
The neighbors will jointly test new methods to intercept drones, exchange military experience in the field of drone war and work to ensure greater compatibility between the Ukrainian and Polish armed forces, Shmyhal wrote on Telegram.
The Russian incursion of last week in Poland, which made NATO sent fighter planes slaughtered on drones, increased tensions in Eastern Europe on the territorial ambitions of Moscow. The war between Russia and Ukraine continued despite months of American efforts to arrest it, including a meeting of the American Summit-Russia in Alaska.
NATO has announced that it reinforced its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Moscow, meanwhile, presented its conventional and nuclear military power in exercises for a long time planned with the Bélarus which fueled Western concerns concerning the intentions of Russia.
The ministers of the Ukrainian and Polish government also signed in kyiv an agreement to work together more closely in defense.
“We bring our security cooperation to a new level in response to Russian terror, which threatens Ukraine and other European countries,” said Shmyhal.
Ukraine’s air defenses have shot or blocked 48 of the 75 Russian drones launched in the country during the night, Air Force announced on Thursday.
The rail infrastructure was again affected, part of a recent scheme of strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that strikes on energy and rail infrastructure is supposed to disrupt supply lines and create social tensions.
Ukraine has developed long -range drones and missiles that seek to take the battle to Russia instead of defending itself from the invasion.
Two Ukrainian drones attacked the oil refinery of Neftekhim Salavat, owned by the Gazprom Oil Company in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan, triggering a fire, Governor Radiy Khabirov said on Thursday. There was no victim, he said.
The goal was more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from Ukraine.
An official of the Ukraine Security Service confirmed to the Associated Press that he had led the refinery attack.
The drones struck the primary oil refining unit at the complex, and a large fire broke out, according to the source which spoke under the cover of anonymity because it was not authorized to speak publicly about the operation.
Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russia refineries. Russia is the second oil exporter in the world, with revenues from the crucial sector for its war effort. Supported Ukrainian drone strikes as well as a seasonal increase in demand recently made shortages to the pumps.
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