{"id":154650,"date":"2025-09-10T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154650\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-politicians-warn-of-putin-lukasenka-threats-to-poland-eu","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154650\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politicians warn of Putin, \u0141uka\u0161enka threats to Poland, EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 10, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Russian drone incursions into Poland last night represented a deliberate escalation rather than an accident, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician accused Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka of endangering Poland and the whole European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is Russia\u2019s \u2018answer\u2019 to peace efforts: more terror, more provocation. Europe must respond with unity and strength to stop this aggression,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her associate Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka described the incident as a Russian test of \u201cNATO\u2019s air defense system as a whole \u2013 and Poland\u2019s in particular\u00a0\u2013 ahead of the Zapad-2025 drill.\u201d Threats to European security will remain constant as long as Putin and \u0141uka\u0161enka stay in power, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polish authorities earlier reported a massive incursion of Russian drones into Poland, the first incident of this scale after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 defense ministry announced this morning that its air defense forces had been in contact with Polish and Lithuanian counterparts to track stray drones and warn of approaching unidentified aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added that the Belarusian Air\/Air Defense Forces shot down some of the drones, but would not specify their country of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/muraveiko_minoborony_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/muraveiko_minoborony_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/muraveiko_minoborony_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/muraveiko_minoborony_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/muraveiko_minoborony_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/muraveiko_minoborony_press.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus says it alerted Poland, shot down some of stray drones<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 10, Pozirk \u2014 Following the overnight incursion of drones into Poland, Belarus\u2019 defense ministry announced that its air defense forces had been in contact with Polish and Lithuanian counterparts to track stray drones and warn of approaching unidentified aircraft. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154633\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 10, Pozirk. Russian drone incursions into Poland last night represented a deliberate escalation rather than an accident, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said on X. The politician accused Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka of endangering Poland and the whole European Union. \u201cThis is Russia\u2019s \u2018answer\u2019 to peace efforts: more terror, more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":114330,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-154650","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition politicians warn of Putin, \u0141uka\u0161enka threats to Poland, EU | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 10, Pozirk. 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