Poland’s right-wing nationalist president Karol Nawrocki visits Paris and Berlin on Tuesday, seeking help to shore up his country’s eastern defences in the wake of a major Russian drone incursion.

Nawrocki has often been a fierce critic of Germany but Poland is seeking the support of its EU and NATO partners after last week’s incident, when at least 17 drones violated its airspace.

Russia has denied targeting Poland but Warsaw says the incursion was a deliberate attack and has raised fears that Moscow’s confrontation with the West could escalate beyond the Ukrainian battlefield.

Germany now plans to extend its air defence mission in eastern Poland by three months while doubling the number of its Eurofighter combat jets deployed to four.

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