Poland scrambled fighter jets to protect its airspace on Friday as Ukraine came under a barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
In a statement to X (formerly Twitter), the Polish Air Force said the plane was fired during “intense long-range air activity” and a Russian missile attack on Ukrainian territory.
A few days earlier, on March 24, Warsaw’s military announced that a Russian cruise missile fired toward western Ukraine had entered the airspace of NATO member Poland.
“All necessary procedures aimed at ensuring the security of Polish airspace have been activated and the Polish Air Force Operations Command is continuously monitoring the situation,” the Polish Air Force’s post on X said on Friday. Stated.
“Please note that Polish and allied aircraft are operating in Polish airspace and noise levels may increase, especially in the south-east of the country.”
newsweek asked the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment via email.
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The Russian government launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Friday.
The Ukrainian Air Force said in a Telegram that Russia has acquired Shahed drones, Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air ballistic missiles, Iskander-136 ballistic missiles, Kh-59 guided aircraft missiles, 4 Iskander-K cruise missiles and 21 Kh-101/ It announced that it had launched 99 missiles and drones. Kh-555 cruise missile.
The Air Force announced that “the enemy launched a powerful missile airstrike against facilities in the fuel and energy sector of Ukraine, using various types of missiles and attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles),” and the air defense system was attacked by 84 aircraft. He added that it was shot down. 99 projectile weapons.
“Honor and praise to all those defending Ukraine from Russian terrorism. Thank you for your combat efforts. Thank you for this result!” the post added.
Ukraine’s state-owned power grid operator Ukrenergo said the Russian attack targeted the country’s energy infrastructure.
Authorities said thermal and hydroelectric power plants in central and western Ukraine were damaged, and power outages were also reported in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts.
Ukraine’s Energy Minister Deutsche Galushchenko said power facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Cherkasy regions were targeted.
“Power generation facilities have been targeted by drones and missiles,” he said on Facebook.
On March 24, just before 4:30 a.m. local time (March 23, 11:30 p.m. ET), a Russian missile passed through Polish airspace near the eastern village of Oseldov, near the border with Ukraine. It was announced that. It remained in NATO airspace for 39 seconds.
“Among other things, Polish and allied aviation was activated,” the Polish military said in a statement on the X at the time. This “could result in increased noise levels, particularly in the south-east of the country.”
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