RUSSIAN drones have flown into Polish airspace, prompting NATO jets to be scrambled in response.
Polish and allied aircraft were activated in the early hours of Wednesday to ensure the county’s airspace is protected.
APUkrainian soldiers from air-defence unit fire at Russian strike drones[/caption]
AFPPoland has been one of Kyiv’s key international backers[/caption]
ReutersA Polish soldier patrols Poland/Belarus border in Kuznica[/caption]
It comes as Moscow continues to barrage Ukraine with relentless drone strikes.
Poland, a member of the NATO alliance, shares a border with Ukraine and has been one of Kyiv’s key international backers.
Warsaw’s operational command shared the tense news in a post on X.
“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,” they said.
The Ukrainian Air Force earlier said on Telegram that Russian drones were tearing towards the city of Zamosc.
It is not clear how many drone entered Polish airspace.
This comes after a Russian air killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others in the Donetsk region.
A glide bomb struck the village of Yarova, which was home to around 1,700 people before the war.
Valium Filashkin, head of Donetsk Military Administration, said: “This is not military action – this is pure terrorism.”
Vladimir Putin’s forces continue to wreak devastation across Ukraine as Moscow‘s brutal full-scale invasion grinds on.
On Sunday, Russia unleashed a vicious barrage against Ukraine that killed four people.
A two-month old baby was among the victims of the barbaric strikes.
Poland is a member state of NATO, giving it protections under the Article 5 mutual defence agreement.
This means that an attack on one member state is deemed an attack on all, obliging countries including the US, the UK and France to come to their aid if the clause is invoked.
Pressure is mounting on the United States and allies to impose deeper sanctions on Russia amid the intensifying onslaught.
Speaking on the White House lawn after the attacks this weekend, Donald Trump said he’s “not happy with the whole situation”.
Sunday’s attack saw 805 drones and a dozen ballistic and cruise missiles fired at some of Ukraine‘s largest cities.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko told The New York Post the “barbaric attack proved we have to do whatever it takes to stop Russian war machine fuelled by oil and gas revenue”.
APThe Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram that Russian drones were tearing towards the city of Zamosc[/caption]
ReutersFire and smoke rise in the city after Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine[/caption]
ReutersThick smoke from a nearby strike site fills the sky during a Russian drone strike[/caption]
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