Polish Operational Command of the Armed Forces
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Poland scrambles jets and activates air defenses as Russia pounds Ukraine overnight
Poland scrambled military aircraft and put air-defense systems on alert during the night of 7–8 September in response to a large combined Russian strike on Ukraine using drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. In Kyiv, the attack damaged residential buildings, non-residential structures and warehouses across four districts and injured at least six people. Explosions were also reported in Odesa.