This Wednesday, Russian forces began one Major attack on Ukrainian territory with rockets that landed near the border with Poland. The head of the military administration of LvivMaksym Kozycki, reported the explosion that occurred Drohobych, about 80 kilometers from the Polish border line. According to Kozycki on Telegram, the cruise missile was observed in the Lviv region and changed course. First he headed for the border with Poland and then this western Ukrainian city. According to Polish media, the rocket hit an industrial facility, destroying part of the building and starting a fire.
Warsaw’s reaction was not long in coming and the Defense Minister ordered the armed forces to do so Activation of Polish and Allied aviation. Three F-16 fighter jets They were deployed with the task of neutralizing the Russian projectile.
It should be recalled that at the end of December the General Staff of the Polish Army stated that a Russian missile had entered its airspace. Russian missiles can be manipulated to change direction. On this occasion, Moscow flew over Polish airspace for three minutes, about forty kilometers, before heading towards Ukraine.
All security systems in Poland have been on high alert since this morning, said Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, adding: “Any missile that flies near or towards Poland will force us to bet everything.” the system stands. Given the scale of the Russian attack, the Polish defense declared a nationwide air alert. Due to the “intense long-range aviation activity in the Russian Federation,” the operational command of the branches of the Russian Federation issued a notice: “All necessary procedures have been put in place to ensure the safety of Polish airspace,” he assured.
“Allied and national airstrikes have been carried out in our airspace since the early hours of the morning to maintain security,” admitted Lieutenant Colonel Jacek Goryszewski from the Armed Forces Operations Command “Some of the rockets fell and were aimed at the Lviv region near our border.”
This move comes amid a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine. The Ukrainian military said this morning that the country had been attacked by 44 missiles and 20 drones. The military leadership assures that two thirds were “destroyed”. Specifically, the Ukrainian armed forces intercepted 29 cruise missiles and fifteen drones, as the command described on Facebook. So far, three people have been killed in this attack, two of them in the capital Kiev, as the Ukrainian president announced Volodymyr Zelensky.