Russia's drone incursion into Poland now poses an acid test for NATO and the European Union .

In a first such instance since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine , Warsaw said it scrambled its own and NATO aircraft to take down some of the 19 Russian drones that entered its airspace in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Russia's Defense Ministry on Wednesday said it did not plan to attack any targets in Poland, while Warsaw's Western allies swiftly condemned what they described as a deliberate and unprecedented provocation.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said new economic measures against Moscow may be required to try to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the conflict, according to Reuters.

His comments come as European Union officials

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