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Ukraine has again come under drone attack near a border crossing with Poland, the government in Warsaw said on Thursday. "Very close to the Polish border, not far from Dorohusk, a petrol station was
Poland scrambled fighters, issued an air attack alert and suspended flights at two airports as a Russian jet-powered drone approached its border.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament that Russia is planning “hybrid” strikes using missiles and drones against countries that support Ukraine.
Poland scrambled fighter jets and shut two airports on Thursday, as Russia unleashed a “massive attack” on western Ukraine within miles of the Nato border.
Travellers flying to or from Poland are warned to check flights after Lublin and Rzeszów airports temporarily shut during a Russian drone alert.
The new drone order "shows that Poland is moving from a country that purchased defense equipment worldwide to [now being] a producer as well,” said Poland’s Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
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'Powerful explosion' occurs near Polish border amid Russian drone attack on western Ukraine, Tusk says
A Russian jet-powered drone crashed or struck a target about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the Polish border during a Russian attack on western Ukraine, Polish authorities said on Sept. 17. Ukrainian monitoring channels and the Air Force reported at around 12:45 p.
The Russian drone found Monday off Poland’s northwestern coast was carrying a warhead with a detonator, prosecutors handling the case announced Wednesday. On Monday, the Polish military located and retrieved a drone from the Baltic Sea near the beach in Rusinowo,