Poles will begin receiving text message alerts when Polish aircraft scramble during large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine in cases where aerial assets pose a potential threat of entering Polish territory.

Source: a statement by Deputy Defence Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, cited by RMF24, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The official noted that following the conclusions drawn from the Lublin region incident on 30 July, when a Russian Kh-101 missile flew deep into Polish territory, Poles will begin to be notified of similar potential threats.

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She said the new measures stipulate that if Poland scrambles fighter jets in response to a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine, citizens will also be notified of this via SMS.