WARSAW: Poland\u2019s military said Wednesday that the country\u2019s airspace was \u201crepeatedly\u201d violated by drones during a Russian attack on Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring today\u2019s attack by the Russian Federation aimed at targets in Ukraine, our airspace was repeatedly violated by drones,\u201d the operational command of Poland\u2019s armed forces said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n
It added that operations were underway to \u201cidentify and neutralize\u201d some targets and to locate others that had been downed.<\/p>\n
The command said earlier that Polish and allied aircraft had been mobilized in response to the Russian attack.<\/p>\n
Warsaw\u2019s main Chopin Airport was also closed, according to a US Federal Aviation Administration notice citing \u201cunplanned military activity related to ensuring state security.\u201d<\/p>\n
The alleged incursion comes a day after Poland\u2019s newly elected nationalist President Karol Nawrocki warned that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was ready to invade more countries after launching his war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not trust Vladimir Putin\u2019s good intentions,\u201d Nawrocki told reporters Tuesday at a press conference in Helsinki.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that Vladimir Putin is ready to also invade other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
NATO-member Poland, a major supporter of Ukraine, hosts over a million Ukrainian refugees and is a key transit point for Western humanitarian and military aid to the war-torn country.<\/p>\n
Russian drones and missiles have crossed into the airspace of NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania several times during the three-and-a-half-year war.<\/p>\n
Last month, Warsaw said a Russian military drone flew into its airspace and exploded in farmland in eastern Poland, calling the incident a \u201cprovocation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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