A Russian cruise missile fired at towns in western Ukraine breached Polish airspace, Poland's army said Sunday.For about 40 seconds, "Polish airspace was breached by one of the cruise missiles fired in the night by the air forces... of the Russian Federation," the army wrote on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
"The object flew through Polish airspace above the village of Oserdow (Lublin province) and stayed for 39 seconds," added the statement.
The army said that the missile was tracked by military radar throughout its flight.
"The Polish army is constantly monitoring the situation on Ukrainian territory and remains on permanent alert to ensure the security of Polish airspace," said the army.
Poland activated its air defence procedures during the incident, the operational command of the armed forces said in its statement.
A Russian cruise missile fired at towns in western Ukraine breached Polish airspace, Poland's army said Sunday.
For about 40 seconds, "Polish airspace was breached by one of the cruise missiles fired in the night by the air forces... of the Russian Federation," the army wrote on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
"The object flew through Polish airspace above the village of Oserdow (Lublin province) and stayed for 39 seconds," added the statement.
The army said that the missile was tracked by military radar throughout its flight.
"The Polish army is constantly monitoring the situation on Ukrainian territory and remains on permanent alert to ensure the security of Polish airspace," said the army.
Poland activated its air defence procedures during the incident, the operational command of the armed forces said in its statement.
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- Ukraine's air force said Russia had fired 29 cruise missiles and 28 drones at its territory overnight.
- It said it had downed 18 of the missiles and 25 drones.
"The enemy continues massive missile terror against Ukraine," Sergiy Popko, had of the Kyiv city military administration, posted on Telegram.
"It does not give up its goal of destroying Kyiv at any cost."
Western Ukraine, Kyiv hit by 'massive' Russian air attack; Poland says its airspace violated
Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a "massive" Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, and Polish forces were also placed on heightened readiness.
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Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a series of deadly aerial attacks, with Sunday's strikes also coming a day after the Russian military said it had seized the Ukrainian village of Ivanivske west of Bakhmut.
A militant attack on a Moscow concert hall on Friday that killed at least 133 people also became a new flashpoint between the two arch-rivals.
- "Explosions in the capital. Air defence is working. Do not leave shelters," Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram on Sunday.
- Lviv regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi said Stryi district, south of the city of Lviv, near the Polish border, was also attacked.
- Sergiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said the missiles were fired at the capital "in groups" in the third pre-dawn attack in four days.
- Preliminary reports suggested there were no casualties or damage, he said, and the city's air defences had hit "about a dozen" missiles.
- US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink also noted the increased frequency of recent attacks.
"Russia continues to indiscriminately launch drones and missiles with no regard for millions of civilians, violating international law," Brink wrote on social media platform X.
In Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said about 20 missiles and seven Iranian-made Shahed drones were fired at the region.
In Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said about 20 missiles and seven Iranian-made Shahed drones were fired at the region.
"They targeted critical infrastructure facilities," Sadovy said.
Poland to demand explanation from Moscow
Poland’s foreign ministry on Sunday said it would demand an explanation from Moscow over this “new violation of airspace” after one of the Russian cruise missiles fired at western Ukraine breached Polish airspace overnight.
"Above all, we ask the Russian Federation to end its terrorist airstrikes against the population and territory of Ukraine, to end the war and to focus on the country's own internal problems," ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski said in a statement.
Following a "massive attack" on Ukraine by Russia, Poland activated "all air defence systems, all air force systems", the country's Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
Increased air attacks, including on Crimea and Belgorod- He said that the missile would have been shot down "had there been any indication it was heading for a target on Polish territory".
- The army said the missile, which was travelling at almost 800 kilometres per hour (500 mph) around 400 metres (1,300 feet) above the ground, had crossed about two kilometres over the border into Poland.
- "Polish airspace was breached by one of the cruise missiles fired in the night by the air forces... of the Russian Federation," the army wrote on X.
- "The object flew through Polish airspace above the village of Oserdow (Lublin province) and stayed for 39 seconds," the statement said, adding that it was tracked by military radar throughout its flight.
- "The Polish army is constantly monitoring the situation on Ukrainian territory and remains on permanent alert to ensure the security of Polish airspace," the army said.
Russia and Ukraine have increased their air attacks in recent weeks.
- Kyiv, which has struggled to find weapons and soldiers after more than two years of war, has promised to retaliate by taking the fighting to Russian soil.
- Multiple air attacks Saturday on the Russian border region of Belgorod adjoining Ukraine killed two people and injured at least seven, the regional governor said.
- Further east, a drone attack on the Samara region caused a fire at a major oil refinery, the latest in a series of strikes against Russia's energy industry.
- Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram that two districts in his region, as well as the regional capital, Belgorod, had been hit in drone and air attacks.
- A man was killed when three balconies on an apartment building collapsed, Gladkov said.
Russia said later Saturday that it had repulsed a barrage of more than 10 Ukrainian missiles fired at the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.
Sevastopol's governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said rocket fragments had killed a 65-year-old resident and four other people had been wounded.
"It was the biggest attack in recent times," he said.
Sevastopol's governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said rocket fragments had killed a 65-year-old resident and four other people had been wounded.
"It was the biggest attack in recent times," he said.
- Ukraine said early on Sunday that it had hit two large Russian landing ships, a communications centre and other infrastructure used by the Russian navy in the Black Sea during its strikes on the annexed Crimean peninsula.
- Its statement did not say how it hit the targets.
"The defence forces of Ukraine successfully hit the Azov and Yamal large landing ships, a communications centre and also several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in temporarily occupied Crimea," said Ukraine’s military.
Territorial gains by RussiaMoscow has escalated its own strikes, firing dozens of missiles on Friday and launching dozens of explosive drones to destroy Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Russian forces have also taken control of a string of frontline settlements in recent weeks.
Kyiv has strongly denied any involvement, saying that Russia was looking for excuses to step up the war.
The United States has said it has seen no sign of Ukrainian involvement in the Crocus City Hall attack.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters)
- The capture last month of Adviivka, near the Russian-held stronghold of Donetsk, was the first major territorial gain made by Russia since the devastated city of Bakhmut was seized 10 months ago.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed that success as a sign that Russian forces are back on the offensive.
Kyiv has strongly denied any involvement, saying that Russia was looking for excuses to step up the war.
The United States has said it has seen no sign of Ukrainian involvement in the Crocus City Hall attack.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters)
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