Published December 29,2023
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Poland has activated its air protection system in response to what Warsaw claimed was an airspace violation by a Russian missile, native media reported on Friday.
“A Russian missile entered Polish airspace and eventually left. We have national and allied and radar confirmation,” the state-run PAP news company reported, citing Chief of Polish General Staff Wieslaw Kukula.
He famous that the missile was one among many launched by Russian bomber planes throughout Thursday evening’s large missile assault on varied components of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Maciej Klisz, operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces, has introduced that the missile flew inside 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) of Polish airspace for lower than three minutes.
Commenting on the incident, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg stated on X, “NATO stands in solidarity with our valued Ally, is monitoring the situation and we will remain in contact as the facts are established. NATO remains vigilant.”
Earlier on Friday, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi stated in a press release that Russia carried out an enormous air assault on the nation’s industrial and navy targets final evening.
He claimed that 158 airstrikes have been detected by Ukrainian radars, with 114 efficiently repelled.
Source: www.anews.com.tr