Poland deploys air defences as Russia launches new strikes on Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Warsaw says ground-based air defence, radar reconnaissance methods additionally dropped at the ‘highest state of readiness’.

Polish and allied air defences have been deployed to safe the nation’s airspace, its army mentioned, as Russia launched new lethal air strikes on neighbouring Ukraine.

The newest deployment on Sunday comes because the transatlantic safety bloc NATO steps up its air patrols throughout the area in response to suspected Russian airspace incursions and drone sightings in a number of member states.

“Polish and allied plane are working in our airspace, whereas ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance methods have been dropped at the very best state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command mentioned in a put up on X early on Sunday.

“These actions are preventive in nature and are aimed toward securing the airspace and defending residents, particularly in areas adjoining to the threatened area,” the assertion added.

The Polish army mentioned it’s monitoring the present state of affairs, stating that its forces below its command “stay totally ready for quick response”.

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

As of 02:10 GMT, all of Ukraine was below air raid alerts following Ukrainian Air Power warnings of Russian missile and drone attacks.

In a press release posted on Telegram, Ivan Fedorov, head of the southeastern Zapoprizhia area, mentioned {that a} Russian “mixed strike” killed a lady and wounded six different individuals, together with a 16-year-old lady.

In late September, Poland was pressured to briefly shut a part of its airspace southeast of the capital, Warsaw, after Russia launched a significant assault throughout Ukraine.

Earlier that month, Polish and NATO forces additionally intercepted Russian drones which entered Poland’s airspace, marking their first direct army engagement with Moscow because the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started in 2022.

On Sunday, NATO member Lithuania reopened its foremost airport after shutting it for hours following sightings of a “sequence of balloons” in its airspace.

Airports in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Poland have additionally just lately suspended flights as a result of unidentified drones, whereas Romania and Estonia have pointed the finger at Russia, which has dismissed the allegations.