Poland may intervene if Russian missiles pose a threat to Ukrainian nuclear power plants, citing the right to self-defense.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Poland has the legal right to shoot down Russian missiles if they pose a threat to Ukrainian nuclear power plants power plants.
He said this in an interview with the BBC.
Answering a question about Poland's “red lines” with respect to Russia and Ukraine, in particular, the possibility of shooting down Russian missiles in Ukrainian airspace, Sikorski gave an example of a possible threat to nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
Sikorski recalled the Chernobyl disaster that occurred in Ukraine and suggested imagining a situation where one of the Russian drones or missiles, having gone off course, ends up not in Poland or Romania, as has already happened, but in one of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants. He stressed that, in his opinion, Poland should help Ukraine protect its nuclear power plants from such incidents.
The journalist asked whether Sikorski considered it possible that the Polish air defense system could shoot down missiles on Ukrainian territory, even if they did not cross the Polish border. The minister responded that this was his personal opinion and that legally Poland would have the right to self-defense in such a situation, but official decisions on this issue have not yet been made.
Recall that earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski noted in an interview with the Financial Times that NATO membership does not eliminate the responsibility of each country to protect its own airspace.
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