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Russian attack on Ukraine prompts alerts in two Polish regions and fighter-jet scramble

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

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  • Poland’s government issued security alerts to residents of the Lublin and Podkarpackie regions during a Russian air attack on Ukraine.
  • Polish military aircraft operated in the country’s airspace as Ukrainian authorities reported drone threats across Kyiv and several other regions.
  • Kyiv’s municipal administration urged residents to move immediately to civil-defense shelters.

“ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Russian air attack on the territory of Ukraine. The situation is being monitored. Polish aircraft are operating in Polish airspace. Follow the announcements,” Poland’s Government Security Centre warned residents.

The alert went to people across the Lublin region, including Lublin, Chełm, Zamość and Biała Podlaska, as well as numerous surrounding counties. Residents in the Podkarpackie region, including Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Krosno and Tarnobrzeg, also received the warning.

Ukrainian air force officials reported that air raid alerts were active in Kyiv and eastern, central and western parts of the country because of the threat from Russian jet drones. They said the drones were heading toward the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi regions. No alert had been issued in western Ukrainian regions bordering Poland.

Kyiv received its fifth warning in 24 hours. The Kyiv City Military Administration called on all residents of the capital to go immediately to civil-defense shelters.

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Russian air attack on the territory of Ukraine. The situation is being monitored. Polish aircraft are operating in Polish airspace. Follow the announcements.

· Poland’s Government Security CentreThe centre issued an alert to residents of two Polish regions during the Russian attack on Ukraine.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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