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Air raid sirens sound in Poland amid possible Russian missile incursion
On Thursday, July 30, air raid sirens sounded across Lublin, Poland, as reports emerged of an unidentified object detected in Polish airspace in the early morning hours.
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces had activated fighter jets and ground-based air defense systems after Russian long-range aircraft began conducting strikes against neighboring Ukraine.
Helicopter crews discovered a crater near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, 70 kilometres inside the Polish border, though officials have not confirmed whether a missile actually entered Polish airspace.
Coinciding with the Polish alert, Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen in cities including Kryvyi, Lviv, and Kyiv.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a "critical shortage" of air defense missiles, stating protection against Russian threats is "the most important task when it comes to saving the lives of our people.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga said that a Russian X-101 missile flew into Poland during a massive attack on Ukraine, violating NATO airspace.