LIVE UKRAINE. Russian airstrike on Kiev: “Don’t leave bomb shelters” – Allied jets take to the air to counter Russian attacks near Polish border | War Ukraine and Russia

Polish and allied planes took to the skies early Sunday morning to secure Polish airspace, in response to a series of Russian air and missile strikes on western Ukraine and near the Polish border. The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces announced this on Sunday.

“Polish and allied aircraft have been activated, which may result in increased noise levels, especially in the southeastern part of the country,” the Command said on X.

The southeastern part of Poland borders Ukraine.

Russia carried out an airstrike on the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Sunday morning. The anti-aircraft defense is deployed to repel the attack. Have that Ukrainian officials said.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klychko writes on Telegram: “Explosions in the capital. Air defense is working. Do not leave the bomb shelters.”

There is no information yet about any casualties or material damage. The region’s military leadership had previously announced that its air defense systems were repelling an attack.

Witnesses from the Reuters news agency heard several explosions and saw some objects being knocked down.

The regional governor of Lviv, in the west of the country, said early on Sunday morning that an area south of the city of Lviv was also under attack.

The governor of Sevastopol reports that 1 person has been killed and 4 injured in Saturday evening’s rocket attack on the occupied port city. According to him, Russia would have succeeded downed ten Ukrainian missiles.

A 65-year-old resident was killed by a rocket fragment. The injured also appear to have been hit mainly by rocket shrapnel. This includes an 18-year-old boy and two men aged 35 and 33. A woman (67) broke her leg.

The chief of the Ukrainian Air Force – Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk – thanked his troops on Telegram for “their successful combat work”. “The sky and the sea are the same color,” it sounds. “Crimea is ours.”

According to open source intelligence (OSINT, the analysis of data based on public sources), it appears that “at least three Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missiles” hit “a major communications center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.”

“The site is full of SATCOM antennas,” it sounds. “Wikimapia lists it as the ‘Information and Computer Center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (Sevastopol)'”