In response to a large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine, Poland scrambled its fighter jets on the morning of Saturday, 1 February, and put its ground-based air defence systems on alert. Source: a statement by the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces,

Polish and other allied aircraft were quickly mobilized on Feb. 1 in response to a large-scale missile attack by Russia on western Ukraine, Poland's Armed Forces reported on X.

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"Attention: Due to the attack by the Russian Federation, targeting locations including those in western Ukraine, Polish and allied aviation operations have commenced in our airspace," informed the Operational Command of the Armed Forces.

Several people died overnight as Russian drone and missile strikes pounded Ukraine’s towns and cities, local officials said Saturday. The attack prompted emergency power grid shutdowns in seven Ukrainian regions,