The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces scrambled its multi-role tactical fighter aircraft and placed its nationwide radar networks on high alert overnight into Sunday, May 24, moving to insulate NATO’s southeastern frontier during a massive Russian cruise missile and drone bombardment against Ukraine. The preventive military deployment was initiated as Russian long-range aviation assets launched multi-wave precision strikes across numerous Ukrainian provinces, sending tracking signals close to neighboring European territory.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The Polish military command issued an immediate public safety broadcast on X (formerly Twitter) during the early morning hours to alert border populations to the sudden deployment of combat aircraft within domestic flight corridors. “Attention. Due to the activity of the long-range aviation of the Russian Federation, which is carrying out strikes using airborne attack weapons on the territory of Ukraine, military aviation is operating in our airspace,” the Operational Command stated. To ensure absolute perimeter integrity, Polish command confirmed that the military had successfully deployed all available forces and assets assigned to the theater. In tandem with the scrambled fighter pairs, ground-based anti-aircraft missile units and long-range radar reconnaissance systems were transitioned into a state of maximum operational combat readiness.