Poland to Russia: ‘You have been warned’ so don’t ‘whine’ if your jets are shot down in NATO airspace – POLITICO
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36340601

Radosław Sikorski upbraids Moscow for being “incapable of living in peace” with its neighbors following a series of incursions into NATO airspace.

Russia shouldn’t complain at the United Nations if its missiles or aircraft are shot down after entering NATO airspace, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned Moscow on Monday.

Sikorski was speaking at an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council in New York. The summit was convened after three Russian military jets entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes on Sept. 19 before being repelled by Italian F-35s representing NATO.

“I have only one request to the Russian government: If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or by mistake, and gets shot down and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don’t come here to whine about it,” Sikorski said. “You have been warned.”

Not to be outdone, Sikorski sent a further barb Moscow’s way in New York: “We know you don’t care for international law, and you are incapable of living in peace with your neighbors. Your insane nationalism contains a lust for domination that will not cease until you realize that the age of empires is over and that your empire will not be rebuilt.”

  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
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    2 hours ago

    I haven’t heard about Polish army constantly venturing into Russian airspace but if they’re doing that then yeah what a waste of lives.

      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
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        1 hour ago

        I don’t know why Russia doesn’t just stop. It’s not like it is achieving anything. And of course Poland shound stop it if they’re doing it too, as you said. Haven’t heard about it tbh but you’re probbaly right

        • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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          50 minutes ago

          because nato won’t. they were born to contain the soviet union, which was already questionable.

          but then the soviet union fell and they kept at it. with us officials so much as stating openly they wanted war on russia not that long ago.

          • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
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            26 minutes ago

            How can NATO force Russia to do these dumb flights into other countries’ areas? Unless they’re just incompetent or something, can’t Russia just decide not to do them?