Poland scrambles aircraft during Russian missile attack on Ukraine
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces scrambled its own and allied aircraft on the night of 23-24 March in response to Russia's missile attack on Ukraine. Source: Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces on Twitter (X) Details: The Polish military noted that "Operational Command is observing intensive military activity by the Russian Federation".
Advertisement:Quote: "Be advised that there may be increased noise levels, especially in the country's southeastern part, due to the increased activity of Polish and allied aircraft."
Background:
- On Sunday night, 14 Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers took off from Olenya airfield in Russia.
- At 03:23 the launch of missiles was recorded.
- An air-raid warning was issued and remained in effect for two hours.
- Several groups of missiles were moving towards Lviv Oblast.
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