Poland scrambles fighter jets after Russia launches massive aerial attack on Ukraine
“The Russian Federation began to operate in our airspace due to the activity of long -range aviation that strikes in the Ukraine, Polish and Allied Aviation region.”
“Duty Fighter couples were mixed and radiolation discoveries, as well as ground -based air defense systems, have reached maximum ready -made.” He said.
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Mixing Polish jets occurred as a number of Russian airspace violations in the eastern countries remained on the raised alarm of Europe.
Russia launched 579 drones and missiles in Ukraine
According to Kiev’s air force, Russia launched 579 attack planes and various puppet drones in Ukraine. Moscow also launched eight ballistic missiles and 32 navigation missiles in the attack.
“It was under a major attack by Ukraine Russia all night,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. He said. He reported that three people were killed and dozens of more injured.
Zelensky said, “This kind of strike is not a military obligation, but Russia is a deliberate strategy of terrorizing civilians and destroying our infrastructure.” He said. “That’s why a strong international reaction is needed.”
Regional officials reported that eight people were killed in Russian attacks in the last 24 hours and at least 32 people were injured.
NATO prevents Russian jets according to Estonia
On Friday, NATO caught three Russian Mig-31 fighter planes violating the airspace in Estonia’s Estonia’s “his wife unprecedented” event. Estonian Foreign Ministry, jets through the Gulf of Finland without permission to enter the Estonia airspace and there is a total of 12 minutes, he said.
The Estonian Army said that the transponders of the jets were closed and that they did not have flight plans and potentially endangered other planes.
NATO said that the Italian F-35 fighters in Estonia, as part of NATO’s Eastern Sentry operation, responded to unauthorized entrance.
Russia claimed that the jets entered the Estonian airspace, and the flight was “strictly dependent on international rules” and “without violating the boundaries of other countries”.
Estonia, NATO Article 4 requests for consultations
Estonia, after the airspace violation NATO Article 4 demanded consultations. The mechanism allows any member to officially bring NATO’s main political decision -making organ. A meeting is planned at the beginning of the next week.
At the beginning of this month, Russian drones violated both Poland and Romania airspace and asked NATO allies to commit the block of the block to the strengthened defenses on the eastern wing.
At the beginning of this month, the NATO fighter aircraft dropped more than one Russian plane that violated the Poland airspace during an attack on Ukraine. The operation was fired for the first time by NATO since Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022.
The military alliance condemned Moscow’s “absolutely dangerous” behavior after the drone shot.
The peace process continues to be stagnant
The recent attacks are in the midst of a stagnant peace process, while focusing on providing long -term security guarantees for Kiev, the allies of Ukraine. Zelensky said he would meet with US President Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week and evaluate whether such guarantees are close to finalization.
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Trump’s efforts to organize a joint summit with Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have failed.
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