Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia launches strikes on Ukraine

(Reuters) -Polish and allied aircraft were activated early on Wednesday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine, near the border with the Poland, the Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said.

At 0215 GMT, most of western Ukraine had been under air raid alerts for nearly three hours following Ukrainian Air Force warnings of Russian missile and drone attacks.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Warsaw; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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