{"id":12744,"date":"2025-09-11T14:42:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12744"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:42:48","slug":"natos-article-4-invoked-over-russian-drones-in-poland-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12744","title":{"rendered":"NATO\u2019s Article 4 invoked over Russian drones in Poland: What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250911111547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250911111547.jpg 318w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250911111547-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland invoked Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty on Wednesday after fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that illegally entered Polish airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia, which has been at war with Ukraine along Poland\u2019s southeastern border, has said it didn\u2019t mean to send drones into the airspace, but the move has prompted outcry from NATO allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is clear is that the violation last night is not an isolated incident,\u201d NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters Wednesday. \u201cWhether it was intentionally or not, it is absolutely reckless. It is absolutely dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, commonly known as NATO, is a defense alliance that the U.S., Canada and several European countries created after World War II. Poland joined the alliance in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 5 is considered the central commitment in the 1949 pact \u2014 that an attack on one member will be treated as an attack against all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invoking Article 4 is seen as the first step toward possibly invoking Article 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Article 4?<br>Article 4 allows member countries to bring their security concerns to the alliance for discussion. It states: \u201cThe Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invoking Article 4 can lead to a joint decision or action, but it doesn\u2019t automatically prompt a response from member countries. After it is invoked, the issue is discussed and NATO countries decide how to move forward as a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 4 has been invoked eight times, including Wednesday, in the nearly eight decades since NATO\u2019s founding. The most recent use was on Feb. 24, 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It was made at the request of Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens next?<br>Rutte said a \u201cfull assessment of the incident is ongoing\u201d after the North Atlantic Council discussed the incursion early Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAllies expressed solidarity with Poland and denounced Russia\u2019s reckless behavior,\u201d he said of the initial discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 5 has only been used once, following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and it\u2019s unclear when member countries could make such a call if it were to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutte said the incident underscores NATO\u2019s mission and the need to step up efforts among the member countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis only reinforces the importance of NATO and the path to which allies agreed at our summit in The Hague earlier this year,\u201d Rutte said. \u201cWe need to invest more in our defense, ramp up defense production so we have what we need to deter and defend, and we need to continue to support Ukraine, whose security is interlinked with our own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutte directed part of his remarks to Russian President Vladimir Putin: \u201cStop violating allied airspace, and know that we stand ready, that we are vigilant, and that we will defend every inch of NATO territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where does the U.S. stand?<br>President Trump responded to the Russian drone action in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s with Russia violating Poland\u2019s airspace with drones? Here we go!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president has been trying to broker an end to Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine for several months, and he met with Putin in Alaska last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker affirmed the U.S.\u2019s support for NATO partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe stand by our NATO Allies in the face of these airspace violations and will defend every inch of NATO territory,\u201d he wrote on the social platform X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland invoked Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty on Wednesday after fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that illegally entered Polish airspace. 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