Poland said Wednesday that, along with NATO allies, it had scrambled warplanes to shoot down multiple Russian drones that entered its airspace during Moscow's latest attack on Ukraine, calling the incident an "act of aggression.

In its first comments on the Russian drones over Poland, Moscow spoke of "provocations" and claimed that Russia had not intended to attack Poland and that the drones used against Ukraine did not have sufficient range to reach it.

Kremlin propagandists have disparaged NATO members' reaction to Europe's condemnation of Moscow after Russian drones breached the territory of Poland. Poland has invoked NATO's Article 4 for deliberations over what to do next after it said 19 drones entered its airspace, and up to four were shot down.

Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the alliance confronted a potential threat in its airspace.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb in Kyiv, where they discussed the Russian drone attack on Poland, the need to step up pressure on Russia and support for Ukraine on its path to the EU.

Things have been going the Russian leader’s way, both on the battlefield and on the diplomatic front. Nato and Ukraine’s European leaders need to step up.

Military officials in Poland say the country's airspace was "repeatedly violated by drone-type objects" in the overnight hours amid Russian strikes on targets in Ukraine.