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Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian military helicopter violates Polish airspace to probe air defenses, Poland says
A Russian military helicopter of the Baltic Fleet violated Polish airspace on the evening of April 25, the Polish military command said. Polish military radar systems and civilian systems of the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency tracked the aircraft over Poland's territorial waters in the Baltic Sea. "The nature of the incident indicates that Russia is testing the readiness of our air defense systems," the statement of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command said on X on April 26. "On-duty air defense forces and means remained on constant alert to ensure the security of Polish airspace," the command added. Poland has regularly scrambled jets since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion due to Russian missile and drone attacks on western Ukraine. In several cases, Russian projectiles have briefly entered the Polish airspace. Warsaw has also repeatedly accused Russian aircraft of airspace violations. On Feb. 11, a Russian SU-24MR military jet flew within Polish airspace in the Gdansk bay area of the Baltic Sea for over a minute, due to what the Russian side said was a failure of the navigation system. Last year, Polish Brigadier General Tomasz Drewniak told Radio RMF24 that Russia is likely testing Poland's air defenses after a suspected Russian drone flew into Polish airspace on Aug. 26 amid a mass attack on Ukraine. We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian military helicopter violates Polish airspace
The Polish army has reported that a military helicopter belonging to Russia's Baltic Fleet violated Polish airspace on the evening of Friday 25 April. Source: Polish Armed Forces Operational Command in a statement on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: A Russian military helicopter violated Polish airspace last night, Operational Command reported on the morning of Saturday 26 April. "A Russian military helicopter belonging to the Baltic Fleet violated the airspace over Poland's territorial waters above the Baltic Sea on the evening of 25 April," the statement said. The Polish army added that the flight of the Russian aircraft had been monitored by military radar systems of the Polish Armed Forces and civilian systems of the Polish Air Navigation Agency. "On-duty air defence assets and personnel remained on constant alert to ensure the safety of Polish airspace," the Сommand said. It noted that the nature of the incident indicates that "Russia is testing the readiness of our air defence systems". Background: Swedish Gripen fighter jets, which have been patrolling NATO airspace from Polish territory since April, were scrambled for the first time due to the presence of a Russian military aircraft. On the morning of 24 April, Poland scrambled its aircraft because of a Russian missile attack against Ukraine, which is already standard procedure in such cases. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Al Jazeera
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,097
Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 25: Fighting A 44-year-old woman was injured, and several houses were damaged following a Russian air attack in the Kyiv region, according to Mykola Kalashnyk, governor of the region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital. Poland scrambled military aircraft after Russia launched air raids on western Ukraine, the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command said. Russia's air defence units intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones overnight, the RIA Novosti and TASS state news agencies reported, citing the Ministry of Defence. Ukraine activated air raid alerts across the country at 03:50 GMT after the air force warned of a Russian missile attack. The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear, and there was no immediate comment from Russia. Politics and diplomacy Russia's Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Moscow and Kyiv reached an agreement with the Red Cross to evacuate residents from the occupied Russian region of Kursk. The United Kingdom posted a notice on its government website announcing 67 new sanctions against Russia. The targets include global companies supplying to the Russian military and extending the regime on shipping by 40 vessels. Washington and Moscow officials are scheduled to meet again in Saudi Arabia, the AFP news agency reported citing an anonymous diplomatic source. Senior US and Russian officials met in Riyadh last week to discuss an end to the war. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it has submitted a new claim against Russia at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the arbitrary arrest and deportation of 19 Ukrainian journalists. The European Union's foreign ministers adopted a 16th package of sanctions against Russia. The targets include cryptocurrency exchange for the first time and a ban on third-country airlines that continue operations in Russia. The United States twice sided with Russia in votes at the United Nations, highlighting Washington's change of stance on the war. The two countries opposed a European-drafted resolution, passed by the UN General Assembly, condemning Russia and supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity, but pushed a US-drafted resolution through at the UN Security Council calling for an end to the conflict but refraining from criticism of Russia. US President Donald Trump said he would meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as early as this week to sign the rare earth deal in exchange for US aid. Kremlin correspondent Pavel Zarubin said Russia was not concerned about the US-Ukraine deal on rare earth elements. President Vladimir Putin said Russia was not opposed to Europe's involvement in peace talks. However, he noted that Brussels had previously declined to engage in dialogue with Russia.
