Poland said it scrambled fighter jets to the Ukraine border after Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes.
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said “allied” aircraft joined the response to 99 Russian drones and missiles striking targets including thermal power plants.
The Polish reaction is likely a response to a Russian cruise missile entering Polish airspace in recent weeks during an attack on Ukraine.
Ukraine’s largest private power firm DTEK said that three of its thermal plants were struck early on Friday morning and some of their equipment was “severely damaged,” in the latest aerial assault to target Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
Power grid operator Ukrenergo also said that both thermal and hydropower plants had been damaged in missile and drone attacks.
The country’s interior ministry said the Russian assault had targeted 10 regions of the country, damaging power stations and private homes, and wounding several people. “Eighty four air targets were destroyed: 58 shaheds and 26 missiles,” the air force said in a statement, referring to Iranian-designed attack drones routinely deployed by Russian forces.
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