<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Anton Cherepov, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Russian Embassy in Madrid, this Thursday morning, to "condemn the unacceptability of the violation of Polish airspace," according to official sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</strong></h4> This decision comes one day after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense, José Manuel Albares and Margarita Robles, expressed their solidarity with Poland after the country's authorities were forced to shoot down several Russian drones that had entered its airspace during a massive attack against Ukraine. "Russia's violation of European airspace is unacceptable," Pedro Sánchez wrote on social media. "We express our complete solidarity with Poland, which can always count on Spain in the defense of our common peace and security," he added. "I just spoke with my Polish counterpart, Radosław Sikorski," Albares also announced on social media. "I have conveyed Spain's solidarity with Russia in the face of the flagrant violation of Polish airspace," he continued. "Europeans and allies are united. We protect the peace and security of Europe and of Europeans," he concluded. For her part, Defense Minister Margarita Robles declared that "today is an important day to unreservedly condemn the aggression that Ukraine suffers every day, and that Poland suffered today," and assured that the member countries of the Atlantic Alliance will continue to support Ukraine. "The violation of the airspace of an Atlantic Alliance country like Poland" demonstrates that "peace must be protected every day," she added.
