Rzeszów Airport
Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport is an international airport in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, located near the village of Jasionka about 10 km from the city of Rzeszów. It serves as a civil airport handling both passenger and cargo flights. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 it has become a major logistics hub for Western military aid to Ukraine and a frequent point of arrival for foreign officials and diplomats visiting Kyiv, owing to its proximity to the Polish–Ukrainian border.
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Poland scrambles jets twice and evacuates border crossings as Russia strikes near Ukrainian border
On 24 September Poland scrambled military aircraft twice and placed ground-based air-defence systems on alert in response to Russian strikes on Ukrainian regions. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said two border crossings with Ukraine, Hrubieszów and Dorohusk, had to be evacuated during a Russian attack near the border. The crossings were closed for about half an hour, with vehicle traffic returning to normal from 12:00. The same night Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least two people and injuring eight.