Overview
- The Operational Command reported fighter jets operating over Poland on Saturday morning in response to Russian long-range aircraft striking Ukraine.
- Ground-based air-defence units and radar reconnaissance systems were raised to the highest level of combat readiness.
- The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency temporarily suspended operations at Rzeszów and Lublin airports to ensure freedom of action for military aircraft.
- Russia carried out a large-scale overnight attack on 26–27 December that included ballistic strikes on Kyiv, injuring five people.
- Poland’s latest measures follow earlier December alerts that included a scramble on 22–23 December and a 25 December episode involving a Russian aircraft over the Baltic and balloons from Belarus.