KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that at least eight Russian drones were aimed towards Poland during Russian attacks overnight.

Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace during a widespread Russian attack in western Ukraine on Wednesday, believed to be the first time a member of the alliance has fired shots in the war. Poland called the incursion “an act of aggression”.

“Today there was another step of escalation – Russian-Iranian ‘shaheds’ operated in the airspace of Poland, in NATO airspace,” Zelenskiy wrote on X, referring to Iranian-made drones widely used by Russia.

“It was not just one ‘shahed’ that could be called an accident, but at least eight strike drones aimed toward Poland,” Zelenskiy wrote.

A total of around 415 drones and

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