Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Ukraine

Foreign Minister Sikorski says of the proposal, included in a defence agreement, "at this stage this is an idea".

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The proposal was included in a joint defence agreement between the two countries signed during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Warsaw earlier this week.

"At this stage, this is an idea. What our agreement said is we will explore this idea,” Mr Sikorski told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

He said some Russian missiles fired from the St Petersburg area towards Ukrainian targets near the western city of Lviv, not far from the Polish border, traversed Belarus and entered Polish airspace for about 40 seconds before turning towards their targets in Ukraine.

Mr Sikorski acknowledged that such a short time gave Poland little time to react.

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