Nato scrambles jets as Russia targets Ukraine close to Polish border

Nato scrambled fighter jets early on Wednesday as Russia launched a widespread assault on Ukraine with drones and missiles.

“Polish and allied plane are working in our airspace, whereas ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance techniques have been delivered to the best state of readiness,” the operational command of the Polish armed forces mentioned in a put up on

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4 airports in Poland, together with the nation’s largest Chopin Airport in Warsaw, have been closed because of “unplanned navy exercise associated to making sure state safety,” in line with notices posted to the US Federal Aviation Administration’s web site.

The barrage appeared to focus on a number of Ukrainian areas together with areas near the Polish border.

Along with Chopin Airport, the opposite three closed airports have been the Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, the Warsaw Modlin Airport, and the Lublin airport, the FAA notices confirmed.

Earlier, Ukraine’s air power reported that Russian drones had entered Nato-member Poland’s airspace, posing a risk to the town of Zamosc, however the air power has since eliminated that assertion from the Telegram messaging app, Reuters reported.

As of 0100 BST, most of Ukraine, together with western areas of Volyn and Lviv, which border Poland, have been underneath air raid alerts for a number of hours, in line with Ukraine’s air power knowledge.

Ukrainian media reported that a number of Russian drones crossed into Poland’s air house. The BBC couldn’t independently confirm the studies, and there was no official affirmation from Poland that Russian drones have been in Poland’s airspace in a single day.

The newest assault comes days after Russia launched its largest air assault of the conflict on Kyiv thus far, hitting the primary authorities constructing within the capital, in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned was a “ruthless” assault geared toward prolonging the conflict.