Poland scrambles jets as Ukraine says 5 killed in Russian strikes
Poland scrambles jets as Ukraine says 5 killed in Russian strikes
Five people have died and tens of thousands have been left without power in Ukraine after intense Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Ukraine's neighbour Poland scrambled fighter jets in order to ensure the safety of Polish airspace, the Polish military confirmed. Allied Nato aircraft were also deployed.
Strikes focused on the major western city of Lviv, where the region's head Maksym Kozytskyi said four died and others were injured.
One person also died in Zaporizhzhia. Zelensky said Russia fired more than 50 missiles and around 500 attack drones at Ukrainian infrastructure targets.
Russia has not yet commented on the overnight strikes.
The Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, and Kirovohrad regions were also targeted, according to Zelensky.
He added: "We need more protection and faster implementation of all defense agreements, especially on air defense, to deprive this aerial terror of any meaning.
"A unilateral ceasefire in the skies is possible - and it is precisely that which could open the way to real diplomacy."
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