Poland’s armed forces operation command headquarters said: ‘Attention, due to the activity of long-range aviation of Russia, striking targets located, in particular, in the west of Ukraine, military aviation has begun to operate in the airspace of Poland.’.
All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts this morning, starting at around 3.50am after the country’s air force warned of a Russian missile.
A 44-year-old woman was injured and several houses damaged in the Kyiv region, Mykola Kalashnyk, governor of the region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital, said on Tuesday.
The military alliance was forced to scramble fighter jets to defend against a possible attack amid fears Russia was dropping missiles near the border.
Vladimir Putin unleashed Tu-95MS nuclear-capable strategic bombers close to Ukraine’s borders with Nato, raising an alarm in neighbouring Poland.
