{"id":1265,"date":"2024-09-03T02:22:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T20:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/nato-warns-members-against-shooting-down-russian-missiles\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T02:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T20:52:38","slug":"nato-warns-members-against-shooting-down-russian-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/nato-warns-members-against-shooting-down-russian-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO warns members against shooting down Russian missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Poland has suggested such a move would be its \u201cduty\u201d but the bloc appears to disagree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>NATO does not want to become directly involved in a conflict with Moscow, the US-led bloc spokesperson said on Monday, addressing demands from Ukraine and statements by Poland\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Kiev has repeatedly asked its Western backers to shoot down Russian missiles and drones in its airspace, as its own air defenses became degraded. A security pact to that effect was signed with Warsaw in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>\u201cNATO is not a party to the conflict and will not become a party to it,\u201d<\/em> a spokesperson for the bloc told the Spanish news agency Europa Press, adding that the bloc\u2019s responsibility is to <em>\u201cprevent escalation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>While each member of the bloc has the right to protect their own airspace, they should <em>\u201cclosely consult\u201d<\/em> with others when doing so <em>\u201ccan affect NATO as a whole,\u201d<\/em> the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Their comments followed an interview by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to Financial Times, in which he endorsed the idea of shooting down Russian targets in the sky over Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>\u201cWhen hostile missiles are on course of entering our airspace, it would be legitimate self-defense, because once they do cross into our airspace, the risk of debris injuring someone is significant,\u201d<\/em> Sikorski told FT.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/603398-poland-duty-down-russian-missiles\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/603398-poland-duty-down-russian-missiles\/\">Poland has \u2018duty\u2019 to down Russian missiles over Ukraine \u2013 FM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMembership in NATO does not trump each country\u2019s responsibility for the protection of its own airspace \u2014 it\u2019s our own constitutional duty,\u201d<\/em> Sikorski explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Warsaw and Kiev signed a defense pact in July that provided for discussions <em>\u201caimed at examining rationale and feasibility of possible intercepting\u201d<\/em> of Russian missiles and drones, but Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has maintained that this would not be done without NATO approval.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Mircea Geoana, NATO\u2019s outgoing deputy secretary-general, told FT that the bloc respects every member\u2019s <em>\u201csovereign right to deliver national security,\u201d<\/em> but they <em>\u201calways consult before going into something that could have consequences on all of us.\u201d<\/em> Poland has always been <em>\u201cimpeccable\u201d<\/em> when it came to such consultations, Geoana added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>According to Geoana, NATO has to <em>\u201cdo whatever we can to help Ukraine and do whatever we can to avoid escalation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Last week, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed the plans for an <em>\u201cair defense shield\u201d<\/em> with NATO officials in Brussels, according to Europa Press.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US-led NATO bloc has instructed members to help Ukraine but be careful not to get directly involved in the conflict with Russia Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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