The Polish army announced on Monday, June 9, having taken off of combat planes due to a “intense” Russian attack in western Ukraine. “Due to the intense air attack of the Russian Federation in the territory of Ukraine, the Poles and Allied aircraft began operating in the Polish airspace in the morning,” Polish staff announced in X.
“The service hunters were deployed in pairs, and air defense systems based on the air have reached the highest level of alert,” he added, added that these were “preventive” actions.
This type of deployment is common when Russian missiles or drones point to the western regions of Ukraine, borders with Poland, a NATO member country.
“No violation of Polish airspace has been observed”
The “dozen” of Russian drones and missiles fell on Sunday night to Monday in the Rivne region in western Ukraine, said city mayor, Oleksandr Tretyak in Telegram.
According to the regional governor, Oleksandr Koval, Rivne spent “a very difficult night” due to a “mass enemy air attack” that wounded at least one civilian.
The city of kyiv was also attacked by an attack that damaged a building, said city management manager Tymour Tkatchenko.
A few hours later, the Polish staff indicated in a new publication that the operations had been “interrupted and the forces and means deployed returned to their standard operational activities.” “We would like to inform you that no violation of the Polish airspace has been observed,” added the army.
Source: BFM TV
