By Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched 57 missiles and drones on Ukraine on Sunday, including attacking Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv, officials said, with Poland’s armed forces saying one of Russia’s cruise missiles briefly violated Polish airspace. Ukraine’s air force destroyed 18 out of 29 Russia-launched missiles and […]
The Russians attacked Ukraine with six missiles and 13 Shahed attack drones on the night of 26-27 February; a total of two missiles and 11 drones were destroyed. Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram; Defence Forces of Ukraine’s South on Telegram Quote from the Air Force: “As a result of combat operations, Ukraine’s air defence […]
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes it’s realistic for Ukraine to regain control over its airspace in 2024, he said during the press conference with his Lithuanian counterpart, Gabrielius Landsbergis, in Kyiv on Jan. 27. “If we receive F-16s, if we have combat and reconnaissance drones – that’s the importance of our cooperation with Lithuania — […]
Ukraine’s military intelligence, or HUR as it is known in Ukraine, said the Russian side did not inform it about the need to ensure the safety of the airspace before a plane crashed over Belgorod that the Russian Defense Ministry claims had Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) on board. A Russian Il-72 transport plane crashed […]
Taiwan has said six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were also detected in the area. The dispatch of such balloons, which generally disappear into the Pacific to the east, appears to be on the rise, though their purpose has not […]
Poland scrambled two pairs of F-16 fighter jets to protect Polish airspace during Russia’s large-scale attack against Ukraine on Jan. 2, the Polish army’s Operational Command reported on X. A Russian missile entered Polish airspace from the Ukrainian side of the border during a massive drone and missile attack on Dec. 29, prompting Poland to […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia will not provide any explanations about an unidentified object that briefly entered Poland’s airspace until it receives evidence that shows the object was a Russian missile, Russia’s top diplomat in Poland said Saturday. Poland’s defense forces said an unknown object traveled 40 kilometers (24 miles) into the country’s airspace Friday […]
Moscow has refused to provide any explanation for a purported Russian missile that violated Polish airspace during its Dec. 29 mass attack on Ukraine, demanding “concrete evidence” before addressing the issue, the pro-Kremlin RIA Novosti propaganda agency reported, citing the Russian Federation’s Charge d’Affaires to Poland, Andrei Ordash. He dismissed Warsaw’s accusations as “groundless” and […]
(Bloomberg) — A Russian missile briefly entered Poland’s airspace on Friday after Moscow attacked neighboring Ukraine with the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month invasion, army commanders said in Warsaw. Most Read from Bloomberg The missile flew over the border at around 7 a.m. and traveled about 40 kilometers (25 miles) deep into the Polish […]
The aerial object that entered Polish airspace amid Russia’s mass attack against Ukraine in the early morning of Dec. 29 was likely a Russian missile, Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the general staff of the Polish armed forces, said at a press conference. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile has entered Polish airspace,” Kukula told reporters, […]
Poland’s defence forces said an unknown object entered the country’s airspace on Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile intruded in Poland’s airspace. It was monitored by us on radars and left the […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s armed forces said Friday an unknown airborne object entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine and subsequently vanished off radars. The Operational Command of the Armed Forces said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that the unidentified airborne object entered from the side of the border with […]