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President Donald Trump has issued a three-word assertion after Russian drones had been destroyed by NATO allies in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

In a very short assertion on Truth Social, the president said, “Here we go!” In his full assertion, the president said, “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!”

The post from the president comes after the Polish authorities invoked Article 4 of the NATO treaty following the destruction of the drones. “The shooting down of drones threatening our security is a success for Polish and NATO forces, which simultaneously changes the political situation,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, per Euro News.

“In this regard, allied consultations have taken the form of a formal request to activate Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty,” he added. According to the outlet, his choice was made after session with President Karol Nawrocki.

The invocation of the fourth article, which doesn’t set off a army response, will permit for consultations with allies to decide what additional steps ought to be taken. NATO allies would only have interaction if the council chooses to invoke Article 5.

Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization calls for joint consultations between allied nations “whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.” EuroNews reported that the army has now been introduced to its “highest state of readiness.”

According to Tusk, it was “the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two.” Tusk added that he assumed the drones had been only a “large-scale provocation” and that he had “no reason to believe we’re on the brink of war.”

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Tusk added that Poland can be prepared to act if obligatory. NATO chief Mark Rutte issued a assertion saying that “allies expressed solidarity with Poland and denounced Russia‘s reckless conduct.”

He added that a “full assessment” of what occurred is ongoing, and the bloc will “closely monitor the situation along our eastern flank, our air defences continually at the ready.” He added, “To Putin, my message is clear: stop the war in Ukraine, stop escalating the war, which is now basically mounting on innocent civilians and civilian infrastructure, stop violating allied airspace and know that we stand ready, that we are vigilant and that we will defend every inch of NATO territory.”

NATO allies Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany had been reportedly concerned in the drones’ destruction. According to the bloc’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), this is the first time that NATO plane have engaged potential threats in allied airspace.

Russian officers issued a assertion saying that they didn’t plan to hit any Polish targets. “Last night, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr regions, as well as in the cities of Vinnytsia and Lviv, the Russian Defense Ministry reported,” a telegram assertion said.

“There were no plans to hit targets on Polish territory during the massive attack by Russian troops on Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises,” it added. “The maximum flight range of the Russian UAVs used in the attack, which allegedly crossed the border with Poland, does not exceed 700 km.”

“The military department added that they are ready to hold consultations with the Polish Defense Ministry on this issue,” the assertion completed.