Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Saturday to ensure the safety of the country’s airspace after Russia launched strikes on western Ukraine near the border with Poland, the Polish military said. In a post on X, the military said its air defence systems “been brought to the highest state of readiness”.
Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Saturday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, armed forces of the NATO-member country said.
“Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” the operational command said in a post on X.
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At 0340 GMT, nearly all of Ukraine was under air raid alerts following Ukrainian Air Force warnings of Russian missile and drone attacks.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)