New Russian missile attacks in Ukraine, Poland on alert

Russian forces launched Sunday morning (24.03. 24) new massive missile attacks in and in other areas , leading Polish armed forces to increase their alert level against intense military activity near their borders. According to Sergei Popko, head of the Kiev military command, the Russian army attacked the Ukrainian capital using cruise missiles launched by strategic Tu-95MS bombers. The Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense “refused about 10 enemy missiles over Kiev and on the outskirts of the capital,” Popko said in his posting on the Telegram social media, clarifying that there are no casualties or damage according to preliminary information. According to Popko, the attack was launched by the Saratov district, in southwestern Russia. For the third time in a week, the entire territory of Ukraine was put on alert during the night. The alarm lasted two hours in the capital, according to Popko. Russian rockets and Iranian drones Shahed were also launched in the Stiri area, in the southern part of the town of Lviv, in western Ukraine, according to the governor of the Maxim Kozitsky district of the same name. “The goal was vital infrastructure,” announced Lviv Mayor Andrii Santovi, who counted about 20 rockets and 7 drones. Polish Air Force activated The town of Stry is about fifty kilometres from the border with Poland, the NATO member country, which increased its alert level against these bombings near its territory. The operational command of the Polish Armed Forces (RSZ) announced at the same time that “he observed an intense activity of Russian Federation long-range aviation” during the night, in relation to the attacks on Ukraine. “All the procedures necessary to guarantee the security of the Polish airspace have been activated and RSZ is constantly monitoring the situation”, he said in a communication he issued, adding that Polish and Allied aviation has been “activated”. In December Poland, one of Kiev’s most loyal allies, had denounced overflight on its territory for three minutes of a Russian missile