Poland deploys air defences as Russia launches new strikes on Ukraine

Warsaw says ground-based aerial defence, radar reconnaissance systems besides brought to the ‘highest authorities of readiness’.

Polish and allied aerial defences person been deployed to unafraid the country’s airspace, its subject said, arsenic Russia launched caller deadly aerial strikes connected neighbouring Ukraine.

The latest deployment connected Sunday comes arsenic the transatlantic information bloc NATO steps up its aerial patrols crossed the portion successful effect to suspected Russian airspace incursions and drone sightings successful respective subordinate states.

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“Polish and allied craft are operating successful our airspace, portion ground-based aerial defence and radar reconnaissance systems person been brought to the highest authorities of readiness,” Poland’s operational bid said successful a station connected X aboriginal connected Sunday.

“These actions are preventive successful quality and are aimed astatine securing the airspace and protecting citizens, particularly successful areas adjacent to the threatened region,” the connection added.

The Polish subject said it is monitoring the existent situation, stating that its forces nether its bid “remain afloat prepared for contiguous response”.

Poland shares an estimated 530km (329 miles) with Ukraine.

As of 02:10 GMT, each of Ukraine was nether aerial raid alerts pursuing Ukrainian Air Force warnings of Russian rocket and drone attacks.

In a connection posted connected Telegram, Ivan Fedorov, caput of the southeastern Zapoprizhia region, said that a Russian “combined strike” killed a pistillate and wounded six different people, including a 16-year-old girl.

In precocious September, Poland was forced to concisely adjacent portion of its airspace southeast of the capital, Warsaw, aft Russia launched a large onslaught crossed Ukraine.

Earlier that month, Polish and NATO forces besides intercepted Russian drones which entered Poland’s airspace, marking their archetypal nonstop subject engagement with Moscow since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began successful 2022.

On Sunday, NATO subordinate Lithuania reopened its main airdrome aft shutting it for hours pursuing sightings of a “series of balloons” successful its airspace.

Airports successful Germany, Denmark, Norway and Poland person besides precocious suspended flights owed to unidentified drones, portion Romania and Estonia person pointed the digit astatine Russia, which has dismissed the allegations.