Poland Scrambles Fighter Jets Amid Russian Attack on Ukraine
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Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French. You can get in touch with Brendan by emailing b.cole@newsweek.com or follow on him on his X account @brendanmarkcole.
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Poland’s armed forces have scrambled it aircraft in response to the threat posed by a Russian missile attack on Ukraine.
The NATO member said in a statement the aircraft were deployed overnight Sunday and air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were placed on high alert.
The measure was in response to another combined drone and missile attack launched by Russian forces on Ukraine.
It comes just over a week after Polish and Swedish armed forces scrambled aircraft stationed in Poland following a similar Russian attack.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
A Polish Air Force F-16 jetfighter takes part in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members’ sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023. A Polish Air Force F-16 jetfighter takes part in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members’ sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023. JOHN THYS/Getty Images
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