Poland closes airspace, scrambles jets amid ‘massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine

The scrambling of jets and airspace closures have gotten extra frequent as a number of NATO international locations report drone sightings and different incursions. NATO mentioned on Sept. 12 that the protection alliance will ship extra warplanes and air protection methods to the japanese flank in response to Russian incursions into NATO airspace.

Three Russian drones have been shot down in Poland’s airspace earlier this month. And Denmark reported recent drone sightings above protection websites on Friday and Saturday, after a wave of drone exercise earlier within the week quickly shut down main Danish airports.

The Russian assault early Sunday included almost 500 assault drones and greater than 40 missiles, together with the Iranian-Russian Shahed drones, Zelenskyy mentioned. Dozens have been wounded within the strikes and among the many useless was a 12-year-old woman, he mentioned.

“The huge Russian assault on Ukraine lasted for greater than 12 hours,” Zelenskky mentioned. “Brutal strikes, deliberate and focused terror in opposition to peculiar cities,” he mentioned.

Greater than 15 places within the capital have been broken, together with multi-story resident buildings, “particularly within the Solomenskyi district,” Timur Tkachenko, the pinnacle of Kyiv’s army administration, mentioned in a put up on Telegram.

The assaults got here simply hours after Zelenskyy warned Europe that the latest elevated drone exercise and airspace incursions are an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin wouldn’t cease with Ukraine.

“Putin won’t wait to complete his struggle in Ukraine. He’ll open up another route. No person is aware of the place,” Zelenskyy mentioned.

On the United Nations Common Meeting in New York on Saturday, Russia’s International Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned his nation has no intention of attacking EU or NATO international locations. However Moscow will reply with a “decisive response” to any aggression directed towards Russia, he mentioned.