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Russian Barrage Batters Western Ukraine as Poland Scrambles Jets

The surge in drone and missile strikes is driving NATO neighbors to raise air defense readiness.

Overview

  • Ukrainian authorities reported widespread overnight attacks on Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zaporizhzhia, with at least five people killed and power and transport disruptions in several areas.
  • Poland’s Operational Command said Polish and allied aircraft were airborne and ground defenses were at maximum readiness in a preventive move to protect its airspace near the border.
  • Ukraine said long-range drones struck the Kinef refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad region, prompting a fire that local officials reported was extinguished after air defenses engaged multiple drones.
  • A Russian drone hit Shostka railway station in Sumy region earlier, killing one person and injuring about 30, as Kyiv condemned what it called a deliberate double strike on passenger trains.
  • Kyiv’s intelligence service accused China of supplying satellite data to Russia for targeting, an allegation made as Russia’s defense ministry claimed to have downed large numbers of Ukrainian drones.