Poland Scrambles Military Aircraft Amid Continued Russian Strikes on Ukraine

Warsaw, meanwhile, has yet to produce conclusive evidence that a Russian missile breached its airspace earlier this week.

Poland's air force F-16 Falcons, here in a 2022 training flight, could be among fighters that find their way to Ukraine by year's end. Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

NATO member Poland reportedly scrambled fighter jets in response to what it described as “intensive long-range [Russian] aviation activity” in the skies over neighboring Ukraine.

“Polish and allied aircraft have been activated in Polish airspace ... especially in the country’s southeast,” the Operational Command of Poland’s armed forces said in a statement on social media.