Pand says not going to down Russian missiles, drones over Ukraine

This was stated by Pish Deputy Minister of National Defense Pawel Zalewski after an informal meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels, Ukrinform reports with reference to Radio Pand.

The Pish government official noted that EU and NATO allies "are not parties to this war." Instead, Pand advocates a significant strengthening of Ukraine's defense capabilities.

"Ukraine must have something to defend itself, defend its territory, its airspace with. But we do not consider in any format, especially bilateral, which is actually one of Ukraine's expectations, that is, the possibility of shooting down Russian missiles or drones from the territory of Pand," said Zalewski.

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He noted that Pand's position is that the significant strengthening of Ukraine's air defense "should be sufficient and not require such support from the Pish aviation."

Zalewski also noted that Pand does not support the prosal to train the Ukrainian military on the territory of Ukraine. As noted by Rmf24, the idea sees support from France and a number of Northern Eurean nations, while Germany, Austria, and Pand pose this. According to the Pish government official, the training of the Ukrainian military on the territory of the EU, in particular in Pand, is "the most effective" tion. He noted that on a bilateral basis, individual EU nations can train Ukrainian military personnel on the territory of Ukraine, but Pand will not be among them.

At the same time, Warsaw supports the idea to lift any restrictions on the use of long-range weapons so that Ukraine could hit military targets inside Russia.

As reported, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview with Pitico ahead of the informal meeting of the heads of foreign affairs of the EU countries, said Ukraine wanted Pand to shoot down missiles or drones flying in its direction, and needed the support of its partners in this matter.

Earlier, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Pand, Donald Tusk, stated that the Allies recommend that Pand refrain from shooting down air targets on its territory.

According to the erational Command of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Pand, during Russia’s massive strike on Ukraine on August 26, a Russian drone flew into Pand from the direction of Chervonohrad, Lviv region. Today, the search for the missing drone continued in the Lublin Voivodeship.

Tusk later said it could be the case that no Russian drone had viated Pish airspace in the first place.

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