Polish and allied aircraft were deployed Saturday in what officials described as a preventive operation to guard the nation’s airspace in response to the threat of drone strikes.
Polish and allied aircraft were deployed Saturday in what officials described as a preventive operation to guard the nation’s airspace in response to the threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine. In addition, the airport in the eastern Polish city of Lublin was closed, the AP reports. The two-hour alert was raised three days after Poland said multiple Russian drones crossed into its airspace, prompting NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down and underlining long-held concerns about the expansion of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
