Poland scrambles fighter jets to secure airspace amid Russian airstrikes on Ukraine

Published on 09/06/2025 - 10:15 GMT+2

Poland and NATO nations scrambled combatant jets early Monday to unafraid Polish airspace pursuing Russian airstrikes adjacent its separator pinch occidental Ukraine, authorities said.

The Polish equipped forces stated connected X that these measures were to guarantee information successful regions adjacent to at-risk areas complete concerns that Russian stray missiles mightiness veer into Poland.

"In relationship pinch nan intensive aerial onslaught of nan Russian Federation connected nan territory of Ukraine, activity of Polish and allied craft successful nan Polish airspace began successful nan greeting hours," nan Polish Armed Forces Operational Command said connected Monday.

The Polish subject activated "all disposable forces and intends astatine his disposal (including) on-call combatant pairs ... and ground-based aerial defence."

No usurpation of Poland's airspace has been reported.

"The Polish subject is continuously monitoring nan business connected Ukrainian territory and remains connected changeless alert to guarantee nan information of Polish airspace. We convey nan NATO Air Force for its allied support," nan service bid property merchandise said.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian drones targeted nan Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr and Zaporizhzhia regions overnight connected Monday.