Kyiv’s defense intelligence said operatives attacked a $40 million Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system. Meanwhile, Moscow is calling a drone intrusion in Romania a provocation from Ukraine. DW has more.
Poland detains Belarusians after drone detected at government sites
Two Belarusian citizens were detained after a drone was spotted over Polish government buildings, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Poland’s State Protection Service has successfully neutralized a drone, Tusk wrote on X.
The drone was reported over several government buildings, including Belweder Palace, one of the official residences of the Polish president.
US military officers welcomed as observers at Russia-Belarus drills
US military officers attended the joint military drills between Russia and Belarus on Monday.
Russia and Belarus began the joint military Zapad-2025 exercise on Friday amid heightened tension with NATO, after Polish and other NATO aircraft shot down Russian drones in Poland’s airspace.
“Who would have thought how the morning of another day of the Zapad-2025 exercise would begin?” the Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It added that representatives from 23 countries were at the training ground, including two other NATO member states — Turkey and Hungary.
In a video, two uniformed US officers thanked Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin for the invitation and shook his hand.
“We will show whatever is of interest to you. Whatever you want. You can go there and see, talk to people,” Khrenin told the US officers, who declined to talk to reporters.
The visit could be seen as another sign of warming ties between Washington and Russia.
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UK summons Russian ambassador over NATO airspace violations
Britain has summoned Moscow’s ambassador following what the foreign office called “Russia’s unprecedented violation of NATO airspace.”
“Significant and unprecedented violation of Polish and NATO airspace by Russian drones last week — followed by a further incursion into Romanian airspace on Saturday — was utterly unacceptable,” a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said in a statement.
“The UK stands united with Poland, Romania, Ukraine and our NATO Allies in unreservedly condemning these reckless actions, “the spokesperson said.
Poland managed to shoot down Russian drones last Wednesday in the first known action of its kind by a NATO member during Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Days later, Romania scrambled warplanes when a Russian drone breached its airspace.
“The response of NATO forces demonstrates the seriousness with which NATO is treating Russia’s actions,” the UK foreign office statement said, adding that NATO allies were bolstering defenses along the eastern flank, using counter-drone sensors and weapons.
Various Russian diplomats have been summoned over the incidents.
Cluster munitions caused over 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine
Switzerland-based campaign group the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor said that cluster munitions have caused over 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
“There continue to be attacks impacting civilian areas and residential buildings. Individual attacks…have killed dozens of civilians and left hundreds injured,” said Michael Hart, Cluster Munition Monitor Research Specialist.
Cluster munitions can cause severe injuries and have continued to be used by both sides during the conflict, particularly Russia.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine is party to the 2008 convention which bans the munitions.
Over 120 countries ban cluster bombs because they can kill indiscriminately over a wide area and are known to cause civilian casualties.
Cluster munitions are deployed from the ground or by aircraft and explode mid-air, spraying smaller bomblets over large areas.
Campaigners are particularly concerned about unexploded bombs that remain on the battlefield long after a conflict ends.
The munitions monitor highlighted that Lithuania became the first country ever, to withdraw from the treaty in March 2025, citing regionalsecurity concerns for doing so.
Source : https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-military-claims-it-destroyed-russian-buk-m3-system/live-73995166
