WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the alleged incursion of Russian drones into neighboring Poland may have happened by \u201cmistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could have been a mistake,\u201d Trump told journalists.<\/p>\n
His remark that seemed to make excuses for Russia followed an ambiguous initial response to the provocative act by Moscow that has put the United States\u2019 NATO allies in Europe on edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s with Russia violating Poland\u2019s airspace with drones? Here we go!\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social platform late Wednesday morning, nearly a half-day after Poland announced that several Russian drones entered its territory over the course of many hours and were shot down with help from NATO allies.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s comment stood in sharp contrast to the strong condemnation by several European leaders and was notably less robust than that of his ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe stand by our @NATO Allies in the face of these airspace violations and will defend every inch of NATO territory,\u201d Whitaker posted on X.<\/p>\n
The incursion occurred as the US leader is struggling to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in direct peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end Russia\u2019s more than 3-year-old war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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