Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister

<p>Radosław Sikorski says Putin consolidated western opinion against him with the incursion into Poland</p><p>Poland’s foreign minister has accused Russia of a “tactically stupid and counterproductive” escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/poland-shoots-down-drones-over-its-territory-amid-russian-attack-on-ukraine-says-military">drone incursion into Poland</a> last month appeared to be deliberate.</p><p>Radosław Sikorski, on a visit to London, said all Vladimir Putin had achieved with the incursion was a consolidation of western opinion against him. He also dismissed Russian concerns that supplying US Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would be unnecessarily provocative.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/15/russian-drone-incursion-tactically-stupid-and-counterproductive-says-polish-minister">Continue reading...</a>