In a tweet that made headlines in Russian media on Monday, Alexey Pushkov, one of the country’s top politicians, said: “Poland did not let Russian aircraft carrying aid to Italy pass through its airspace.”

“This is meanness at the level of public policy […] From now on, Russia should not meet Poland half-way, on any issue,” the tweet added.

In a tweet on Tuesday, the Polish foreign ministry called the accusations “baseless and untrue,” and said that Russia had not applied for permission to enter Poland’s airspace.

Onet reported that over the past two days Russia has sent around a dozen planes to Italy with doctors and medical assistance.

(jh/pk)

Source: onet.pl