Warsaw will ask Moscow for an explanation, after the Polish military announced that a Russian cruise missile flew into the country's airspace for 39 seconds.
"Poland will ask the Russian Federation to explain the violation of airspace," Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski said today, calling on Moscow to "stop attacking Ukrainian territory and focus on resolving the problem." domestic".
The move took place after Ukrainian officials today announced that Russia had launched a missile attack on the capital Kiev and the western province of Lviv bordering Poland. The Polish military said on the same day that a Russian cruise missile flew over the village of Oserdow, Lublin province, bordering Ukraine, at 4:23 a.m.
According to the Polish military, the Russian missile flew at a speed of about 800 km/h, 400 m above the ground and in Polish airspace for 39 seconds before returning to the other side of the border. Poland informed NATO allies about the incident.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had accurately raided Ukrainian electricity and gas production facilities on the night of March 23. Russian officials have not commented on Poland's move.
Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski. Image: PAP
Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the country had activated "the entire air defense system and air force after Russia's major raid in Ukraine". Mr. Kosiniak-Kamysz added that the Russian missile will be shot down "if there are signs that it targets a target on Polish territory."
The Polish military said in December 12 that a Russian missile flew from Ukraine into the country's airspace and then returned to the other side of the border and also asked Moscow to explain. Russian Chargé d'Affaires in Poland Andrey Ordash then said Poland did not provide evidence that its airspace was violated.
In November 11, a missile fell on the village of Przewodow in southeastern Poland, bordering Ukraine, killing two civilians. Ukraine accused this of being a "Russian missile that attacked Poland", but Polish officials in September concluded that this was a stray Ukrainian anti-aircraft shell.
City location Kiev and Lviv. Graphics: WP
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