Poland said on Thursday that aircraft have been scrambled to protect its airspace as Russia staged its biggest hypersonic missile barrage on Ukraine since Putin met Trump
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Poland said on Thursday that warplanes have been scrambled to protect its airspace as Russia staged its biggest hypersonic missile barrage on Ukraine since Putin met Trump last Friday.
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said on X: ‘In connection with the activity of long-range aviation of the Russian Federation, conducting strikes on Ukrainian territory … aircraft of the Polish Air Force and allied aviation are operating in Polish airspace.’
In Lutsk, Mayor Igor Polishchuk reported ‘an enemy attack that was conducted by UAVs and missiles’.
‘As of this moment there are no injuries or fatalities,’ he said.
Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry said it destroyed ’49 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles’ across multiple regions.