President Karol Nawrocki told soldiers the drones were "an attempt to test our capabilities". Photo: EPA PHOTO

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss drone incursions into Poland's airspace, which its president portrays as an attempt by Russia to test Warsaw and NATO's response.

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Poland also banned drone flights along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine, and limited small air traffic there after shooting down what it said were Russian drones that violated its airspace on Wednesday.

Poland was backed by its NATO allies in shooting down the drones -

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