The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces stated that, following protocol, the operational commander deployed all available resources, assigned additional fighter pairs, and raised ground-based air defense and radar systems to maximum readiness.

Polish fighter jets took off Wednesday morning in the wake of the Russian missile attack on Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

Tensions along NATO's eastern flank are high because of the risks posed by Russian military actions near the borders of alliance member states.

Poland intensified its military aviation on Wednesday, December 25, in response to a massive Russian attack on Ukraine, according to the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces. "Attention, due to a Russian air attack,

Russia is increasingly using decoy drones with little or no explosives in an effort to overload Ukraine's air defence systems, the British Defence Ministry said on Monday. Between September and November,