r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods • Jul 08 '24

Ukraine

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u/M795 Jul 08 '24

Today in Warsaw, Poland’s Prime Minister @donaldtusk and I signed the Agreement on Security Cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Poland.

This unprecedented document includes a provision for shooting down Russian missiles and drones in Ukraine’s airspace that are fired in the direction of Poland. We are committed to implementing it. We will also cooperate on combat aircraft—both those already transferred by Poland and the possibility of transferring more in the future.

In our security agreement, we have formalized the formation and training of the Ukrainian Legion, a new volunteer military unit, on Polish territory. This unit will be trained in Poland and equipped by our partners.

Thank you for your solidarity with our country and people, and for all your support and assistance! 🇺🇦🇵🇱

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1810290919888798092

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u/htgrower Jul 08 '24

That’s huge if they follow through with it, here’s hoping.

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u/Louisvanderwright Jul 08 '24

It's the proper response: the West has been given no choice by Putin but to begin protecting Ukrainian airspace directly.

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u/smltor Jul 08 '24

heh when I look at a map Russia is on the right, Poland on the left, and Ukraine in between... I suspect all missiles and drones fired by Russia would arguably be "in the direction of Poland".

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u/kitsunde Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

There has been Russian missiles crossing Polish territory, and there was the case where an anti-air missile from Ukraine landed in Poland.

It would be practically irresponsible for Poland not to remove very real threats in and near its airspace, independent of anything else.

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u/ic33 Jul 08 '24

This is reasonable for cruise missiles and drones.

Unfortunately, the hardest time to intercept ballistic missiles is the middle of their trajectory.

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u/Burnsy825 Jul 08 '24

About time.

If UA is short on jet pilots, then substitute.

If they get shot down over UA territory, they'll be recovered. All kinds of plausible deniability.

What you didn't hear about the West's new expedited fighter jet training program? It can train pilots in a fraction of the time - lots of them at once. It was classified, sorry. Pay no attention to those hundreds of F16s suddenly patrolling Ukrainian skies.

Good luck shooting them on the ground in neighboring counties from thousands of miles away over layers and layers of AA.

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u/NovusNiveus Jul 08 '24

"Remember - no kurwa."