Quote from: franky1 on Today at 10:56:12 AM

most countries only have a 24mile zone before its open "international" area. so a 100km no-go zone is not gonna happen
i think you are picking a number based on the barrier between atmosphere vs space. rather than some military/maritime barrier of diplomacy and territory control

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if poland said it was 100km away from poland, russia could call it a message from poland declaring war on russia.. which would be a bad case to initiate

All that international law is exactly what Ruzzia violated. Do you fail to realize this is a proportional response to an act of war? Of course Ruzzia does not have to follow "instructions", the drones would be destroyed from Poland over Ukraine - so Ruzzia is effectively not attacked. Unless Ruzzia wants to claim sovereignty over any bit of airspace they occupy with an unmanned flying bomb.

You do not attack Ruzzia - so no escalation, but you can perfectly agree with Ukraine to accept this and destroy drones over Ukraine, which cannot be classed as "escalation" as Ruzzia or Ruzzian assets are not destroyed.

You need some distance to intercept a drone, 100 km is good enough, but if you want 200 or 300. If Ruzzia decides to send a ballistic missile then 500 km I guess.

Quote from: franky1 on Today at 10:56:12 AM

Again poland could if spotting a foreign drone within polish borders would have to surveil it and decide if its an actual viable threat, and then shoot it down. if not a threat or in international space or other things then poland can just watch and report and gather more evidence to strengthen viability for future incursions to be probable threats

Yes that is correct. They will assess the threat and based on previous experiences, anything getting 100 km from the border is a threat.

Quote from: Lida93 on Today at 11:22:33 AM

I also heard about this information in one of our local news channel and in my thinking I was like this is a show of might from Russia having their drones hover over the Poland airspace. An action that goes against international policy which can escalate the situation of the existing war.

On the other hand, Israel recently made an attack on HAMAS leadership on the Qatar soil in the middle of an ongoing negotiation that was being handled by the Qatar authority. This another action just like that of Russia drone over Poland airspace that also goes against international policy and can be taken as a slap on Qatar's face by Israel.

As a neutral entity who wishes to air his views on the two events, I am thinking that the US regime of Donald Trump isn't helping in genuinely trying to make for peace in this different waring zones. Where sanctions are meted on Israel for certain violations of international extant laws and even the UN do nothing about it but only makes statements condemning the act and it ends there, and Russia under Vladimir Putin watching what's happening would feel that he can act in his own might on the neighbouring countries without considering what the consequences are, because if Israel could always get away with theirs then why can't Russia.

I think the US and UN are not doing enough genuinely in their supposed efforts in finding a lasting peace in these regions and they've to do better otherwise we will continue having these similar events unfolding which can lead to a WW, God forbid.

These are just my thoughts though.

Ruzzia hit a building, it was not "flying over".

The UN is at this point unoperative - there is no enforcing capability.

Regarding Israel, I agree that they cannot legally attack a foreign country without a declaration of war.

The real solutions are the agreements for disarmament from all sides, but that is currently impossible.