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Russian Drone Strikes Near Poland Border, Damages Ukraine Checkpoint Building
- •A Russian jet-powered drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border, damaging a checkpoint building in the village of Starovoitove, Ukraine's Volyn region.
- •The drone crashed several hundred meters from the Polish border, causing blast wave damage to the checkpoint building at the entrance to the terminal.
- •No injuries or deaths were reported in the incident, and the Yahodyn border crossing itself was not directly hit.
- •Poland scrambled combat aircraft and placed ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems on alert in response to the Russian attack.
- •This incident follows previous Russian drone activity and missile strikes near the Ukraine-Poland border, prompting evacuations and heightened alerts.
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A jet-powered Russian drone struck the village of Starovoitove in Ukraine's Volyn region, and the resulting blast wave damaged a checkpoint building at the entrance to the terminal. No injuries or deaths were reported from the impact.
Poland's Operational Command scrambled combat aircraft in response to the Russian strikes on western Ukraine, while ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were placed on alert. Additionally, air raid alerts were sounded in Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, and airports in Rzeszów and Lublin suspended their operations.
Yes, prior incidents include a Russian drone falling near a petrol station on September 17, and evacuations at the Dorohusk and Zosin border checkpoints after missile strikes hit facilities near the border on September 24. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also stated on September 10 that Poland expected Russian attacks on its border checkpoints.
