Unprecedented crisis since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: the operational command of the Armed Forces announced this morning in its X account that “Poles and Allied aircraft operate in our airspace, and the terrestrial systems of air defense and radar recognition have reached the maximum alert level”, after Russia launched new massive air attacks against objectives located in Ukraine.
The publication indicated that its airspace was “repeatedly violated by drone objects”, launched by the Russian Federation against objectives in Ukrainian territory on Tuesday night. The UAV number involved in this violation is unknown, but the population that is prudent is asked and does not approach the remains that can be found.
The Polish command mentioned that the threatened areas are the provinces of the East Podlaquia, Mazovia and Lublin, and invites the population to “stay at home” during the development of military operations.
To guarantee the security of the airspace of Poland, member country, the operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces (RFA) “has activated all the necessary procedures” and that “weapons and personnel have been deployed to locate the demolished objects,” said the statement.
According to the RFA, the “operations are preventive and aim to ensure airspace and protect citizens, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened area.”
The operational command confirmed that the Polish Armed Forces are “monitoring the current situation, that the forces and resources remain fully prepared for an immediate response.”
The Prime Minister of Poland, confirmed in his account in X that “an operation related to the multiple violations of the Polish air space is carried out.” In addition, he maintains constant communication with the president and the Minister of Defense and has spoken with the command of the Atlantic Alliance.
While the Deputy Prime Minister Polish Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz published, also in X, that “they are in permanent contact with the NATO command.” Kosiniak-Kamysz urged the population to “keep calm and just share the official announcements of military and state services.”
On Tuesday, Poland had already announced that it closed all the border steps from Belarus, on the occasion of the ‘Zapad’ military maneuvers, a measure that will be in force on Thursday night to Friday. “The aggressive Russian-Bielorruse military exercises ‘Zapad’ begin on Friday; therefore, we will close the borders with Belarus, including railway crosses, from Thursday night until Friday,” Tusk told the press in Warsaw at the end of a Council of Ministers.
The head of the Polish Executive explained that the military maneuvers, which will run between September 12 and 16, advise the closure “for national security reasons.” It is unknown if the drone incident has some relationship with it.
