KYIV (Reuters) – Blasts shook Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and different cities whereas neighbouring Poland scrambled its air pressure early on Sunday after the 2 nations mentioned a Russian missile assault was underneath approach.

“Due to the massive attack by the Russian Federation using cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles on objects located, among others, in western Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft have started operating in our airspace,” the operational command of NATO member Poland’s armed forces posted on X.

It mentioned it had “activated all available forces and resources at his disposal, the on-duty fighter pairs were scrambled, and the ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems reached the highest state of readiness”.

Blasts had been heard in Ukraine’s southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia and the Black Sea port of Odesa, Reuters witnesses mentioned, and Ukraine’s air pressure issued air raid alerts for all the nation., though the size of the assault was unclear.

The air pressure urged residents to take cowl and mentioned various missiles, together with various kinds of cruise missile, had been flying via Ukrainian air house.

Ukrainian officers mentioned that they had lower energy to various areas, together with Kyiv, as a preventative step.

The missile assault adopted an in a single day drone strike on Ukraine’s capital. The roof of a residential constructing caught hearth attributable to falling particles and not less than one individual was injured, metropolis officers mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

“Emergency services were dispatched to the scene,” Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned.

Ukraine has been on alert for weeks, fearing a serious Russian missile assault as winter units in. Earlier assaults have focused the ability grid and brought on sweeping blackouts.