The gathering was convened at Poland’s request to discuss the incident earlier this week.
"The United States stands by our NATO allies in the face of these alarming airspace violations," the US ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Shea, told the 15-member body.
The remarks appeared aimed at assuaging Washington's NATO allies after US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Russia's drone incursion into Poland could have been a mistake.
“We know, and I repeat, we know that it was not a mistake,” Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Bosacki told the council.
He showed photos of a downed drone, pointing out Russian lettering on parts of it.
"Poland will not be intimidated,” he added.
Poland shot down drones in its airspace in the early hours of Wednesday with the backing of aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia's war in Ukraine.
Russia has said its forces had been attacking Ukraine at the time of the drone incursions and that it had not intended to hit targets in Poland.
Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council Moscow was willing to speak with Poland "if the Polish side indeed is interested in reducing rather than fomenting tensions.”
The council issued a joint statement backed by 48 countries including the United States, which joined its allies to express concern about Russia's drone incursion and accuse Moscow of violating international law and the founding UN Charter.
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Source: PAP, Reuters