Ukraine pledges to bolster Polish drone defence with training

18-Sep-2025

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Ukraine has decided to train Polish soldiers and engineers in drone defence, media reported, quoting  defence ministers of two countries.

During a news conference in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz on September 18 said Poland would sign a cooperation agreement with Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and the training would take place in Lipa, a village in southern Poland. 

“We are talking about training engineers and training soldiers who will withstand and defend the air domain,” Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said while standing next to Kosiniak-Kamysz.

The announcement comes a week after Polish and NATO forces shot down more than 20 drones violating the country’s airspace during a Russian aerial attack on neighbouring Ukraine.

Fighter jets fired missiles to take down those drones, a process that costs much more than Russia pays to supply and launch cheap, mass-produced drones.

Russia said its forces had been attacking Ukraine at the time of the drone incursion and it had not intended to hit Polish targets.