NATO engages Russia for first time after drone attack on Poland

Day 1,295.


Today, in a historic moment for Europe, NATO fighter jets shoot
down Russian drones over Poland in the first ever direct
engagement between the Western alliance and Moscow. We assess the
global reaction and what it means, before asking how Vladimir
Putin is manipulating the information space to conceal his crimes
and shape opinion.


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls
on X.


Peter Pomerantsev (Chief Editor and Co-founder of The Reckoning
Project) @peterpomeranzev on X.


Scott Martin (International Lawyer at Global Rights Compliance)


Content Referenced:


Nato engages Russia for first time (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/nato-russia-drones-shot-down-poland-fighter-jets/ 


Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog on Poland Crisis:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-drones-poland-nato/ 


Manufacturing Impunity: Russian Information Operations in Ukraine
— Russia’s Use of Information Alibis and How They Materially
Contribute to the Planning, Execution and Cover-up of
International Crimes (Global Rights Compliance, in collaboration
with the leading advocacy organisation The Reckoning Project):


https://globalrightscompliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Manufacturing-Impunity.pdf 


‘NATO States Have Failed’ (Phillips O’Brien Substack):


https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/nato-states-have-failed 


For the first time in 10 years, Ukraine and Poland exhumed and
reburied the victims of the Volyn tragedy (Babel):


https://babel.ua/en/texts/121230-for-the-first-time-in-10-years-ukraine-and-poland-exhumed-and-reburied-the-victims-of-the-volyn-tragedy-the-archaeologist-and-historian-says-this-is-a-breakthrough-in-the-relations-between-the-countri


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