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| NATO scrambles warplanes as Russia launches its largest attack on western Ukraine, close to Polish border |
| 2025-06-09 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Poland scrambled fighter jets on Monday morning to secure its airspace after neighbouring western Ukraine was hit by major Russian strikes. 'Due to the intensive air attack by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft began to operate in Polish airspace in the morning,' Warsaw's Operational Command said in a statement on social media. Russia struck deep beyond the frontlines overnight, hitting western Ukraine with dozens of drones and missiles, according to Mayor of Rivne Oleksandr Tretyak, who called it 'the largest attack' on the region. A record 479 drones were launched at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force announced this morning on Telegram. Moscow's Tu-22M3 and Tu-95MS strategic bombers akin to those destroyed last week in Ukraine's 'Operation Spiderweb' were deployed to strike Dubny airbase near Rivne. Russian pilots also unleashed lethal air-launched Kinzhal hypersonic missiles from MiG-31 jets, while other reports said four Kh-22 missiles from Tu-22M3 missile carriers slammed into strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea. Russia has recently accelerated its campaign against Ukraine, dampening hopes of a ceasefire after a renewed diplomatic push to end the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. Poland is one of Ukraine's closest allies and serves as a crucial logistics hub for Western military aid to Kyiv. The scramble to head off Russian aircraft and missiles comes as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to urge a '400-per cent increase' in the transatlantic alliance's air and missile defence capacities in response to the threat from Moscow. 'We see in Ukraine how Russia delivers terror from above, so we will strengthen the shield that protects our skies,' Rutte is expected to say in a speech to the Chatham House think-tank in London, according to comments quoted in a statement. Related: Poland: 2025-06-05 Man allegedly connected to California fertility clinic bomber arrested at JFK: source Poland: 2025-06-03 Conservative Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidential Election in Major Upset Against Globalist Warsaw Mayor Poland: 2025-06-01 Punishment for Two: How the USSR Helped Israel in the Trial of the 'Architect of the Holocaust' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 NATO chief says a '400% increase' in air and missile defence is required to protect Europe from Putin and become 'a more lethal alliance' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-09 07:05 |