Gen. Wiesław Kukuła, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, told reporters the incidents overnight into Wednesday were under control and caused no damage.
"The drones left Polish territory without consequences, under our full control," Kukuła said.
He added that Poland had strengthened its air defences following an incident last month when a drone exploded near the eastern village of Osiny.
Kukuła said an F-35 fighter jet had played a key role in the overnight operation, which also involved Dutch pilots.
He thanked “our excellent Dutch colleagues for their contribution to the defence of Polish skies.”
He declined to give details on how long the drones were in Polish airspace or where exactly the violations took place, saying operational data was still being analysed.
“We must remember that such details also reach the Russians, and our task is not to make their work easier,” he said.
The Operational Command of Poland's Armed Forces said on Wednesday morning that Polish and allied aircraft had been scrambled overnight in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
The operation ended after 8 a.m. local time, when the Operational Command noted a decreased threat of Russian strikes on Ukrainian regions bordering Poland, the military said.
Russia fired more than 500 drones and dozens of missiles across Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, hitting energy and transport infrastructure at 14 sites and injuring four railway workers, the Reuters news agency reported.
It said Poland has been on high alert for objects entering its airspace since a stray Ukrainian missile struck the southern village of Przewodów near the Ukrainian border in November 2022, killing two people.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
Thursday is day 1,288 of the war.
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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl, Ukrinform