"Appropriate, firm action should be taken in response to such brazen attacks, and shooting down Russian drones heading towards NATO territory while they are still over Ukrainian airspace should be the first step.'
Nato's policy has so far been to wait for Russian warheads to enter its airspace before engaging.
The Mail understands some member states insist the policy should be maintained, as to engage enemy targets over the conflict zone itself would be escalatory.
The Institute for the Study of War, a leading US think-tank, says that tactic is no longer viable as the Kremlin increasingly aggressively targets Nato states such as Poland and Romania."
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