Poland deployed an aircraft in a “preventive” operation on Saturday’s national airspace due to the threat of drones in neighboring areas of Ukraine, the authorities said. The airport in the eastern Polish city of Lublin was also closed.
The warning came after the Russian drones “repeatedly” violated the Polish air space after crossing from neighboring Ukraine, which made the country scratch military jets and closed the main airport in their capital on Wednesday.
Operation command of the Polish army published on Saturday afternoon published on X that ground air and reconnaissance systems were in high readiness. He stressed that “these actions are of a preventive nature” and focused on ensuring the Polish airspace and protecting the country’s citizens. He quoted the threat of drone strikes in the regions of Ukraine bordering on Poland, but immediately did not give more details.
Poland PM on ‘Preventive Air Ops’
Prime Minister Donald Tusk also published that “preventive air operations” began in the Polish airspace because of the threat representing Russian drones operating in the surrounding areas of Ukraine.
The Polish Air Navigation Navigation Agency said Lublin Airport was closed for air traffic “due to military air activities”.
Although the agency did not mention how the airport would be closed, but the spokesman of Piotr Jankowski airport told the press agency that the air space above the airport was closed until 18:00 (1600 GMT).
NATO is launched by the Eastern Guard
On Friday NATO introduced the “Eastern guard” to prevent the eastern side of Europe after the Russian drones violated the Polish air space.
Announced by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte – the defensive initiative will begin within a few days and is designed to strengthen the eastern side of the alliance in the middle of the growing tension with Moscow. They will participate in the strength and equipment of Denmark, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and other Allied nations.
What did Russia say about drones?
Russia said it did not focus on Poland on Wednesday, and the Moscow ally, Belarus, said the drones were misleading because they were stuck. However, European leaders expressed the certainty that inputs were deliberate provocation of Russia.
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