Against the background of these violations: the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory — Whitaker

The United States will defend every inch of NATO territory. This was stated on the social network by the country's permanent representative to the alliance, Matthew Whitaker.

So he commented on today's incident with drones over Poland.

"We support our NATO allies against the background of these airspace violations and will defend every inch of NATO territory," Whitaker said, quoted by Pool 3.

As reported by EADaily, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an emergency government meeting in connection with allegations of violation of the country's airspace. This was reported today, September 10, by government spokesman Adam Shlapka on platform X.

NATO does not consider the incident with the violation of Polish airspace by drones as an attack. It is reported by the British agency Reuters, citing a source. According to him, for the first time NATO aircraft were deployed to repel a potential threat.

Belarus exchanged information with Poland about unknown unmanned aerial vehicles on the night of September 10. This was stated by the chief of the Belarusian General Staff, First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic Pavel Muraveyko.

The facts cited by the Russian Defense Ministry dispelled Polish myths about the alleged deliberate violation of the republic's airspace by Russian drones, which were spread by Warsaw to further escalate the Ukrainian crisis. This is stated in the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry.