Tusk convened an emergency Cabinet meeting for 8 a.m. and said he had briefed NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the situation.
“Our military used weapons against the objects that violated Polish airspace. We remain in constant contact with NATO,” he wrote on X.
Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said the drones “that could have posed a threat were shot down” and that territorial defense forces were activated to search for debris.
He cut short a visit to London to return to Warsaw.
Authorities urged the public not to approach or move drone fragments and to report any findings to police.
The Operational Command of Poland’s Armed Forces said the incursion occurred during a Russian overnight assault on Ukraine and confirmed that Polish and allied aircraft had been scrambled.
Several airports, including Warsaw and Rzeszów, were temporarily closed as a precaution, the military said.
Police, border guards and firefighters were placed on alert across eastern Poland.
The interior ministry said units from Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Mazowieckie and Podkarpackie provinces were mobilised.
Poland, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, has repeatedly reported incidents of Russian missiles and drones crossing its airspace since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl, Ukrinform