Kyiv and Warsaw will deepen drone cooperation after an unprecedented airspace incursion.

Ukraine and Poland will set up a joint task force on unmanned systems, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced in Kyiv alongside Poland’s Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. The platform will develop joint initiatives, build training programmes and integrate new protection technologies to better shield civilians and critical infrastructure.

The Polish delegation’s visit follows an overnight incident on 10 September when 21 Russian drones crossed into Polish airspace. Warsaw says its air defences shot down at least three, the first time a NATO member has intercepted Russian military assets over its own territory during the war.

Kosiniak-Kamysz said the defence ministries plan to sign a cooperation agreement focused on improving drone operations. Poland has also outlined joint exercises on its territory for drone and anti-drone systems and intends to draw on Ukraine’s combat experience to improve the skills of Polish troops. The delegation is in Kyiv to discuss defence cooperation and support for Ukraine and paid respects at the Wall of Remembrance.

The incursion highlighted persistent gaps in NATO’s ability to counter mass drone assaults. Ukraine faces such attacks on a far larger scale, with a record 810 Russian drones launched overnight on 8 September. Warsaw has called the Polish overflight a deliberate provocation, which Moscow denies, and it rejected suggestions from U.S. President Donald Trump that the breach was accidental. Similar violations have also briefly affected Romania.

Source: Kyiv Independent.