US EditionTwo Polish airports reopen after NATO jets activated over Russian strikes on Ukraine
Poland and NATO activated jets and air defenses overnight after Russia launched over 70 missiles and 450 strike drones against Ukraine, officials said.
- On Feb 7, Poland's Lublin airport and Rzeszow airport, southeastern Poland, reopened after Poland's army operational command ended military aviation including NATO flights near Ukraine.
- Poland scrambled fighter jets and an early-warning aircraft overnight, and ground-based air defences and radar systems were on high alert after Russian strikes on Ukraine, Polish military said.
- Local governors and mayors reported infrastructure hits and fires as nine injured civilians and fires occurred in Kyiv, while DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, said Russia had `significantly damaged` thermal power plant equipment.
- Poland's operational command described the measures as preventative to secure airspace, noting ground-based air-defence and radar systems returned to normal, while the FAA issued a notice and FlightRadar24 reported NATO aircraft in the area.
- Poland continues to report hybrid threats including smuggled balloons and roughly 20 Russian drone crossings into Poland last year, while a fresh round of peace talks will start later this week.
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Airports in Rzeszow and Lublin, in the south-east of Poland, are temporarily closed due to Russian attacks on Ukraine, the Polish authorities announced today.
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The Economic TimesTwo Airports in Poland Closed Due to Russian Strikes on Ukraine
The Polish airports of Lublin and Rzeszow are inaccessible due to military activity related to ensuring state security, the US civil aviation authority announced today.
Southeast Poland's Lublin and Rzeszow airports closed due to 'unplanned military activity', US FAA says
Feb 7 - Airspace over Southeastern Poland's Lublin and Rzeszow airports has been closed in recent hours due to \"unplanned military activity\", the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Airspace Alert: NATO Activity in Southeastern Poland
Airspace Alert: NATO Activity in Southeastern Poland Airspace over Southeastern Poland has been closed once again in response to unplanned military activities, as reported by FlightRadar24 on Saturday.This recent closure has rendered Lublin Airport inaccessible. Military operations involving NATO aircraft are cited as the reason for the airspace lockdown, according to the flight tracking service's post on platform X.Last month, both Rzeszow and …
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