NATO fighter jets shot down a number of Russian drones final evening after they entered Polish airspace.
Flight monitoring exhibits Dutch and Polish refuelling planes flying earlier than and in the course of the incursion.
The Dutch defence ministry stated their F-35 jets shot down “a number of Russian drones”.
The refuelling planes would have been supporting the F-35s permitting them to remain airborne for longer.
Information from Flightradar24 exhibits a Royal Netherlands Air Power airplane en path to Poland earlier than the Russian drone superior into its airspace.
It is circling alongside a Polish Air Power airplane over Lublin, the district impacted by the in a single day drone particles.
It was reported that at round 00.50 Kyiv time (01.50am native time), the primary Russian drone was recorded crossing the Ukraine-Poland border.
The NATO Airbus A330 operated by the Royal Netherlands Air Power left Eindhoven within the Netherlands at 21.45pm UTC (23.45 native time) heading in direction of Lublin in Poland. The flight arrived within the space round an hour later.
The A330 is used to supply air-to-air refuelling, strategic airlift, and medical evacuation capabilities.
The Dutch plane circled for 3 hours in Polish airspace earlier than returning to the Netherlands at round 2.20am UTC.
The Polish Air Power had earlier deployed a airplane from Deblin, Poland at round 7pm UTC (9pm native time), which circled the Lublin space till round 4.25am UTC (6.25am native time).
Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated: “Already in the course of the evening, Ukrainian forces have been informing the Polish aspect by the related channels in regards to the motion of Russian drones.”
