NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets Over Russian Strikes On Ukraine [Video]

NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets close to the alliance’s border with Ukraine, its military said, after Russia launched fresh overnight strikes and the U.S. shut the doors of its embassy in Kyiv over fears of large-scale attacks from Moscow.

The Polish military said early on Thursday that “Polish and allied aircraft have begun operating in our airspace” after Moscow attacked Ukrainian territory, including in the west of the country.

Warsaw’s armed forces “activated all available forces and resources,” including scrambling fighter jets and putting ground-based air-defense systems and radars on “the highest state of readiness,” the military said.

Several regional authorities in western Ukraine, including in Lviv and the Volyn region bordering Poland, issued air alerts overnight.