Poland scrambles fighter jets as Russia strikes cities across Ukraine

Russian air strikes killed at least 13 in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace. The attacks come as President Volodymyr Zelensky returns from the United States, where he said Presi

Ukraine’s president said Russia had been planning the attack for several days

Poland, a member of the European Union and NATO which shares a border with Ukraine, protectively scrambled fighter jets to protect its airspace.

Zelensky had earlier warned that a massive Russian attack was likely

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under ballistic missile attack from Russian forces ‌Sunday, local authorities said, while other regions suffered bombardments later during the day that killed at least six people. Russia said areas of Ukraine under Moscow's control had also come under attack, ‌with four people killed in