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Poland ends alert after jets scrambled, sirens sound as Russia strikes western Ukraine
WARSAW, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Sirens sounded in eastern Poland, military aircraft were scrambled and two airports temporarily suspended flights after Russian strikes on Ukraine came close to the NATO member’s border, Polish and Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday.
The Polish army said that no violation of Polish airspace was recorded and that military aircraft had finished their operations. Airports in Rzeszow and Lublin reopened after their temporary closure.
“A massive attack on the western part of Ukraine — very close to the Polish border — has just ended,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a news conference. “A petrol station was likely hit again, and our aircraft were scrambled.”
