NATO fighter jets were scrambled overnight after Russia launched one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine.
Some 30 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 700 drones were launched in one of the most intense bombing raids since the start of the war.
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A Polish Air Force MiG-29 during the Frisian Flag exercise (stock picture)[/caption]
The Russians unleashed Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers to target Lviv and Lutsk as well as Chernivtsi in the assault on western Ukraine.
Two people were confirmed killed in Chernivtsi, close to the Romanian border, with at least 18 wounded in the overnight strikes, which yet again targeted civilians.
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said it scrambled fighter jets due to the intensity of the attack.
“Due to the activity of long-range Russian aviation striking targets located in western Ukraine, among other places, Polish and allied air forces have commenced operations in Polish airspace,” it added.
“Scrambled pairs of fighter jets were deployed, and ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of combat readiness,” said the statement.
In Lviv, the Russians hit residential buildings and a kindergarten.
“Explosions occurred in several districts of the city,” said mayor Andriy Sadovyi.
Head of the regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, called it a “massive drone attack”.
The main building of the Electron corporation – a maker of trams and buses – was hit.
Russian reports claimed the Yavoriv military training ground in Lviv region was targeted.
In Lutsk, homes were damaged in the blitzkrieg.
In Chernivtsi, the dead were a woman aged 26 and a man aged 43.
“Several residential buildings, shops, administrative buildings and cars were damaged,” said head of the regional military administration, Ruslan Zaparanyuk.
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