Russian missiles entered Polish airspace on Sunday as the Russian military launched a series of airstrikes against targets in Ukraine in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack on civilians at a Moscow concert hall.
Russian forces launched 57 missiles into Ukraine, at least one of which passed through Polish airspace before reaching its target. Poland says it has activated its own aircraft and other countermeasures in response to the invasion.
“We demand an explanation from Russia regarding the new airspace violations,” senior Polish officials said on Sunday.
“Above all, we call on the Russian Federation to stop terrorist airstrikes against the population and territory of Ukraine,” Poland’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Russia investigates concert hall shooting, explosion as terrorist attack
Russian missiles entered Polish airspace on Sunday as the Russian military launched a series of airstrikes against targets in Ukraine in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack on civilians at a Moscow concert hall. (Getty Images)
The missile attack on Ukraine over the weekend comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the perpetrators of the deadly terrorist attack in Moscow had tried to flee to Ukraine after Friday’s mass shooting. It was conducted.
Russia vs. Paraguay soccer match canceled due to concert hall attack in Moscow region
Friday’s death toll terrorist attack The number of concertgoers in Moscow has soared to at least 133 people, Russia’s top state investigative body announced on Saturday, and authorities have arrested 11 suspects, four of whom are reported to have been directly involved in the onslaught. It was announced that
Ukraine denies involvement, but President Putin said the four alleged attackers were trying to cross the border through a “window” prepared by Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the perpetrators of the deadly terrorist attack in Moscow tried to flee to Ukraine after Friday’s shooting spree. (Sergei Savostanov/Pool/AFP)
“All four direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack, all those who shot and killed them, have been found and detained,” Putin said. “They moved toward Ukraine in an attempt to hide, but preliminary data indicates that a window was prepared for them to cross the state border from the Ukrainian side.”
Russian authorities identified the gunmen as immigrants from Tajikistan, a former Soviet state that borders Afghanistan.
Russian authorities identified the Moscow gunmen as immigrants from Tajikistan, a former Soviet country that borders Afghanistan. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency, via AP)
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Although ISIS claimed responsibility, President Putin did not mention the terrorist organization in his speech on the tragedy.
FOX News’ Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
