Russian envoy ignores summons over missile that Poland says entered its airspace

“The ambassador of the Russian Federation … did not attend the foreign ministry today to explain the incident,” foreign ministry spokesperson Pawel Wronski told reporters.

Poland will decide on the next steps in coming days as it cannot ignore such “a sign of contempt”, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz told Polsat News television on Monday.

“These must be agreed decisions, because this is the response of the entire Polish state,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said.

The Russian embassy in Warsaw confirmed Sergey Andreev had been summoned to the ministry on Monday but did not attend. “The ambassador asked whether the Polish side was ready to provide evidence for its claims,” it said, referencing what it described as a “similar situation” in December 2023.

“Since the replies of our Polish colleagues did not indicate that such evidence would be provided this time, the ambassador decided that a discussion on this topic would be pointless and rejected the invitation to the meeting.”