US EditionPoland detains 2 Belarusian citizens flying drone over president’s residence in Warsaw
Poland's State Protection Service quickly secured the drone and detained two citizens amid ongoing investigations during regional military exercises and rising NATO tensions.
- On September 15, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the State Protection Service neutralised a drone over Parkowa Street and the Belweder Palace, detaining two Belarusians as police investigate.
- With tensions high after last week's incursions, Poland faced around 20 Russian drones violating its airspace amid the Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises through September 16.
- Officials said the drone was detected around 19:00 local time on September 15 and secured with no shots fired, while State Protection Service officers at the Belweder Palace apprehended the operators as the craft returned in emergency mode.
- Following the breach, partners announced deployments and equipment transfers, with Britain flying fighter jets over Poland and the Czech Republic and Netherlands sending additional systems as part of Operation Eastern Sentry, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.
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Poland experienced an unprecedented crisis last week, when more than 20 Russian drones raided its airspace without authorization and had to be shot down by NATO planes. The situation since then is far from reassuring: the weekend there were more incursions of Russian drones and last night another drone was intercepted while flying over the Belvedere and the close residence of the Prime Minister, on Warsaw’s Parkowa Street. It was a harmless dron…
A drone flying over government buildings in Warsaw that was neutralized by Polish government security on Monday was apparently not part of a “massive espionage operation,” the Polish Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that a 17-year-old Belarusian and a 21-year-old Ukrainian had been detained in connection with the case.
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