The NATO country's military said 'all necessary procedures to ensure the safety of Polish airspace have been launched.'
A Russian cruise missile fired at western Ukraine early on Sunday entered NATO member Poland's airspace, according to Warsaw's military.The missile crossed into Polish airspace close to the eastern village of Oserdów, which sits on the country's border with Ukraine, at just before 4:30 a.m. local time , Warsaw said.'Among other things, Polish and allied aviation was activated,' the Polish military said in a statement posted to social media.
On Sunday, Ukraine's air force said Russia had attacked its territory with 29 Kh-101 and Kh-555 cruise missiles launched by long-range aviation aircraft based at the Engels-2 base, a southern Russian facility housing Moscow's strategic bombers. Air defenses destroyed 18 of the missiles, Kyiv said.
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