Poland deploys planes due to threat of drone strikes in nearby Ukraine | Poland
Authorities, Poland and allied planes, Ukraine’s neighboring regions of drone strikes due to the threat of drone strikes in Poland’s airspace was deployed in a “preventive” operation, and the authorities, the airport in Eastern Polish Lublin was closed, he said.
The warning took about two hours on Saturday. On Wednesday, many Russian planes moved to Poland and encouraged NATO to send a fighter plane to hit them, and underlined long -term concerns about Russia’s expansion of more than three years in Ukraine.
The Operational Commander of the Polish army, the afternoon -based air defense and reconnaissance systems have a high alarm in the afternoon.
He emphasized that “these actions are prevented by the nature” and aimed at securing Poland’s airspace and protecting the citizens of the country. He referred to the threat of drone strikes in Ukraine’s regions surrounding Poland, but did not give any more details.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukraine’s nearby regions of Russian drones operating in the Polish airspace due to threats “preventive air operations” began, he said.
Polish Air Navigation Services Agency, Lublin Airport’s “due to military aviation activities” is closed to air traffic, and the Government Security Center was warned about the threat of air strikes affecting several border districts in the region.
Later on Saturday, he wrote that the operation of the army’s Operational Command X was “completed” and that the ground -based defense and reconnaissance systems returned to normal.
Russia said it did not target Poland on Wednesday, and Moscow’s ally Belarus said that the drones deviate from the road because they were stuck.
However, European leaders stated that the attacks were a deliberate provocation by Russia.
Polish aircraft, in connection with the Russian air strikes in Ukraine in the country’s airspace to patrol in the last months to patrol again in recent months, but these strikes usually occurred overnight or early in the morning.
