Poland pledges to strengthen security after drone strikes along border with Ukraine
- Poland pledged increased security along its border with Ukraine on Monday after Russian drone strikes near the frontier, including two that landed within kilometers of Polish territory.
- Intelligence reports, including a CIA briefing last week, suggested Russia is poised to attack border points and intensify sabotage actions inside European countries to discourage partners from supporting Ukraine.
- Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reported Monday that the Polish army recovered a suspected Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near Jaroslawiec following Sunday's strike on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border.
- European Union top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Monday the attacks were "clearly meant to scare Western countries from supporting Ukraine," while Prime Minister Donald Tusk plans to consult NATO allies on a joint response.
- Tusk warned Sunday that the coming weeks will bring "intensified actions" from Russia, with officials cautioning that hybrid warfare could escalate "on a scale that we have not seen before" along NATO borders.
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In the border region to Ukraine there was a drone alarm again. As a result, fighter jets rose. Poland's head of government Donald Tusk spoke of a massive explosion.
Polish fighter jets were scrambled on Thursday in response to a Russian drone attack in western Ukraine, the Polish Armed Forces' Operational Command announced. Meanwhile, Ukrainian security forces are reporting explosions in the Volyn region, just a few kilometers from the Polish border.
Poland scrambles military aircraft due to Russian attack on western Ukraine
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces reported that due to Russian strikes on the western regions of Ukraine, military aviation operations have commenced in Polish airspace, and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems have been placed on alert.
Explosions heard near Ukraine-Poland border during Russian drone attack
Due to Russian attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on western Ukraine, military aircraft have begun operating in Polish airspace, the military announced. An alert was also issued to the RCB.
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