The Warsaw Armed Forces explained that the measure seeks to ensure security in the areas adjacent to the zones threatened by Putin's troops.
Poland said it had sent fighter jets and mobilized all available forces on Sunday in response. to a “massive” missile and drone attack by Russia en Ukraine.
“Due to a massive attack by Russia, which is carrying out strikes using cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones against sites located, among other places, in western Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft operations have begun,” the statement said. Polish Operational Command on the social media platform X.
These measures were “aimed at ensuring security in areas adjacent to the threatened zones.”
The Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, said on the platform Telegram that “a massive attack on our energy system is underway” and that Russian forces were “attacking electricity generation and transmission facilities across the Ukraine".
Local authorities and Ukrainian media reported numerous explosions across the country, including Zaporizhzhia, Odessa y Mykolaiv in the south and Chernigiv in the north.
Power outages
El ukrainian energy operator (DTEK) announced “emergency power outages” in the region of Kiev and two others in the east of the country after the attacks.
Power and water were also cut off in certain parts of Odessa, a major southern port city, its mayor said.
However, it is difficult to estimate at the moment. the extent of the damage.
According to DTEKThis is the eighth major attack on its power plants this year.
Ukraine It is asking its Western partners for help in rebuilding the electricity grid, a project that requires huge investments, and for more anti-aircraft defence equipment to counter Russian bombing.
Putin's “response”
The wave of attacks also left at least eight dead and around twenty injured.
Two employees of the public railway company Ukrzaliznytsia were killed in a bombing of a depot, and three were injured, the company announced.
One person was killed and two were injured in a missile attack on the region of Lviv, in the west, local authorities reported.
A drone strike killed two people and injured six others, including two children, in Mykolaiv, in the south of the country, according to the emergency services.
Injuries were reported in several cities, including Kiev, the capital, in Zaporizhzhia (south) and Dnipro (this).
The Ukrainian foreign minister said that these attacks are “the real response” of the Russian president Vladimir Putin to the leaders “who called or visited him” recently.
Kiev expressed his annoyance on Friday over a telephone call between the German head of government Olaf Scholz y Putin, the first since December 2022.
Talk to Putin This is tantamount to “opening Pandora's box,” the Ukrainian president said.
Putin previously hosted several world leaders at a summit of the BRICS.
The recent victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections has reopened the debate on possible negotiations between Moscow y Kiev.
Trump has repeatedly criticized the aid provided by his country to Kiev and has claimed to be able to resolve the conflict in “24 hours,” without saying how.
Saturday, Zelensky, who had long ruled out this option, said he wanted to end the war in his country before 2025 through “diplomatic means.”
However, Russian and Ukrainian positions remain opposed: Kiev rules out giving up territories occupied by the Russian army, while Moscow he sets it as a condition.
(With information from AFP)
Source: INFOBAE