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Poland is contemplating a Ukrainian proposal to intercept Russian rockets which are heading in the right direction to hit cities in Ukraine or enter Polish territory, Polish Overseas Minister Radosław Sikorski mentioned following a speech on the American Enterprise Institute on the sidelines of the NATO summit on Friday.

“We’re a frontline state and Russian missiles breach our airspace – we assume by mistake,” Sikorski mentioned.

Sikorski defined that some missiles fired from round St. Petersburg fly alongside the Polish border by means of Belarusian airspace, earlier than briefly getting into Polish airspace for about 40 seconds earlier than hitting targets inside Ukraine.

“Our dilemma is the next: if we shoot them down solely after they enter our airspace, the particles is a menace to our residents and to our property,” he mentioned.

“And the Ukrainians are saying, ‘Please, we won’t thoughts, do it over our airspace after they’re in imminent hazard of crossing into Polish territory,’” he mentioned, “To my thoughts, that’s self-defense however we’re exploring the concept.”

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Warsaw to signal a safety cooperation settlement between the 2 international locations.

Sikorski mentioned the concept of Poland downing Russian missiles was mentioned in that settlement.

“At this stage, that is an thought. What our settlement mentioned is we’ll discover this concept,” he mentioned.

On Wednesday, Polish Protection Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz instructed Polish nationwide radio service Polskie Radio 24 that such a choice would solely be made with NATO allies.

“If NATO doesn’t make such a choice, Poland won’t make it individually,” Kosiniak-Kamysz mentioned.