Russia’s ambassador to Poland failed to appear at the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw on Monday, where he was summoned for talks, in an extremely rare gesture of diplomatic defiance, Reuters reported.

“We doubt whether the ambassador is following the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow and whether he is able to adequately represent the interests of the Russian Federation in Warsaw,” the newspaper quoted Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski as saying. Monday afternoon. Rzeczpospolita

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw announced on Sunday afternoon that it would demand an explanation from Russia regarding “a new violation of its airspace” by a Russian cruise missile.

“First of all, we ask the Russian Federation to stop terrorist airstrikes against the Ukrainian population and the territory of Ukraine, stop the war and solve the country’s internal problems,” Vronsky said in a statement a day ago.

Russian Ambassador to Poland Serhiy Andreev has held this position since 2014. In May 2022, after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was doused with paint in Warsaw after appearing at a ceremony commemorating the defeat of the German Nazis in World War II.

What they say in Poland about the incident with the Russian missile

The Polish military said that Russia violated Poland’s airspace on Sunday morning by firing a cruise missile at targets in western Ukraine.

About 40 seconds ago, “one of the cruise missiles launched at night by the aviation (…) of the Russian Federation violated the airspace of Poland,” the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces said.

“The object entered Polish airspace near the village of Oserdow (in the east) and remained there for 39 seconds,” the source said, stressing that the missile was monitored by military radars throughout the flight.

After this incident, “all necessary procedures were implemented to ensure the safety of Polish airspace,” the press release of the operational command of the armed forces also states.