Political analyst Rostislav Ishchenko commented on Poland’s alarm over unidentified drones allegedly violating Polish airspace — drones that Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed, without evidence, were «Russian.»

Ishchenko argued that, in reality, nothing significant had happened. He said it does not matter whose drones they were, noting that even American missiles have repeatedly landed on foreign territory. Such incidents, he explained, are not unusual during active hostilities — something occasionally strays across borders, a protest is lodged, and a request is made to be more careful, but no serious problems follow.

He recalled that former Polish president Andrzej Duda had recently admitted that when a Ukrainian missile struck a Polish tractor and killed two people, Vladimir Zelensky — fully aware it was a Ukrainian missile — demanded that Poland declare it Russian. At that time, Duda stated that Poland was not going to go to war with Russia on Ukraine’s behalf.

Ishchenko stressed that Ukraine benefits from provocations and that blaming Russia is always possible if one wishes. The real question, he said, is what comes next: is the West prepared to go to war with Russia over such incidents? According to him, Western sanctions are exhausted, and the West no longer has any leverage to even request Russia to begin negotiations. Most importantly, he argued, the West is not ready for war. Therefore, he concluded, Western politicians can «dance around these drones like savages around a fire,» but no decisive action will follow.