Poland scrambled fighter jets and puts air defence on alert because of Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s west
Pravda Ukraine
In response to a large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine, Poland scrambled its fighter jets on the morning of Saturday, 1 February, and put its ground-based air defence systems on alert.
Source: a statement by the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The command noted that all available assets and personnel had been deployed, and the situation was constantly monitored.
“Attention, in connection with the Russian attack, which targets facilities located, in particular, in Ukraine’s west, the operation of Polish and allied aircraft in our airspace has begun,” the statement said.
In accordance with the procedures, all available assets and personnel are being used, fighter jets have been scrambled, and ground-based air defence and radar surveillance assets have been put on high alert, the Polish military added.
Background:
- On the morning of 1 February, an air-raid warning was issued across Ukraine, and the all-clear was given in Kyiv and a number of regions after 09:00.
- In particular, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia came under Russian fire.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that six people had been killed in the Russian strikes.
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