Bloomberg: Poland Asked Allies For More Air Defense Systems After Russian Drone Attack

• 11.09.2025, 10:09

Concrete suggestions have already been received in response.

Poland has asked allies for additional air defense systems and anti-drone technology to better protect its territory from Russian attacks, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

The agency's sources said Warsaw is consulting with NATO allies for additional assistance, but the talks are taking place behind closed doors.

British Defense Minister John Healey called the drone attacks "dangerous, reckless, unprecedented" and said his government was assessing options for responding to Poland's request. One of them could be the return of at least some of the six Typhoon fighter jets previously deployed to Poland as part of a NATO air patrol mission.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also wrote in X that during conversations with the leaders of France, Britain, Ukraine, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, he "received not only expressions of solidarity with Poland, but also concrete offers of support for the country's air defense."

At the same time, the publication writes, it may be difficult for allies to provide more advanced systems such as Patriot. German Deputy Defense Minister Jens Plotner said that given the Russian army's "crushing raids on Ukraine," those systems are now best placed there.

"This does not mean that we are shirking our responsibility to defend NATO," he added.

A senior diplomat from a NATO country said the drone attack on Poland was deliberate, given the large number of UAVs that crossed the Polish border. He said one of Russia's tactics could have been to encourage allies to move more Patriot systems into Poland and thus draw them away from Ukraine.