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As Russia launched new deadly airstrikes against neighboring Ukraine, Polish and allies have been deployed to secure the nation’s airspace, according to its military.

In response to alleged Russian airspace incursions and drone sightings in several member states, NATO’s transatlantic security bloc increased its air patrols across the region on Sunday.

Poland’s operational command stated in a post on X early on Sunday that “polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest level of readiness.”

These actions, according to the statement, are preventive in nature and aim to protect people from harm, particularly in areas close to the threatened region.

The Polish military stated that its forces under its control “remain fully prepared for immediate response” and that it is monitoring the current situation.

Poland and Ukraine are estimated to travel 530 kilometers (329 miles).

Following Ukrainian Air Force warnings of Russian missile and drone attacks, Ukraine was currently on air raid alerts for the entire country as of 02:10 GMT.

Ivan Fedorov, the region’s head of southeast Zapoprizhia, claimed in a statement posted on Telegram that a 16-year-old girl was among the victims of a “combined strike” by Russia that left six people dead and injured.

After Russia launched a significant attack across Ukraine in late September, Poland&nbsp was forced to temporarily close some of its airspace southeast of Warsaw.

Russian drones&nbsp entered Poland’s airspace earlier that month, marking their first direct military engagement with Moscow since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine&nbsp, which started in 2022.

After being closed for hours for a “series of balloons” in its airspace, NATO member Lithuania reopened its main airport on Sunday.

As the nation prepares for a significant anniversary parade, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to develop additional military measures and allocate more strategic assets to combat the south’s growing US forces.

Our strategic interest in the region has increased in direct proportion to the presence of US forces in [South Korea], and we have therefore given special assets to important target groups, Kim said in a report released by the state media KCNA on Sunday.

Kim’s most recent statement comes shortly after South Korea revealed Pyongyang has a sizable amount of highly enriched and weapons-grade uranium, signaling a significant increase in the nation’s stockpile of nuclear material.

At a military exhibition event prior to the parade, Kim said, “I think our enemies should be concerned about the direction their security environment is evolving.”

Without going into further detail, he continued, “North Korea will undoubtedly develop additional military measures” to prepare to combat the expansion of US forces.

Kim had issued a directive to senior officials to strengthen his country’s “nuclear shield and sword,” stating that only a “nuclear counteraction” could safeguard his nation’s security in recent weeks.

Kim will lead a large-scale military parade to mark the Workers’ Party of Korea’s 80th anniversary on Friday, October 10. The nation is expected to display its most recent military equipment and equipment at this event.

Analysts in South Korea claimed that Pyongyang might display the Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile during the parade, according to Yonhap news agency.

Around the anniversary’s anniversary, North Korea was also permitted to test-launch the same weapons.

The South Korean military, according to Yonhap, “shows signs” that Pyongyang is gearing up to welcome tens of thousands of attendees to the parade, which will take place on October 10th.

Without providing further information, South Korea claimed to have also detected movements of some military equipment and vehicles.

Despite diplomatic efforts from US President Donald Trump and Seoul, Kim has continued to speak out against South Korea and its close ally, the United States.

Lee Jae-myung, the president of South Korea, announced a more dovish policy toward Pyongyang as opposed to Yoon Suk-yeol, his hawkish predecessor.

North Korea has also increased its military ties with Russia and has sent troops and artillery to Ukraine in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.

On Sunday, October 5, 2025, how things are going:

Fighting

• After a Russian drone attack hit the town of Druzhkivka in the Donbass region, one of the front lines of the three-and-a-half-year war, French photographer Antoni Lallican was killed, and his Ukrainian colleague Hryhory Ivanchenko was hurt, according to the Ukrainian military.

Regional security

• With its warships frequently scurrying on collision courses with Danish naval vessels, aiming weapons and disintegrating navigation systems in Denmark’s straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, Danish Defense Intelligence Service director Thomas Ahrenkiel accuses Russia of risking an unintended escalation.
• According to Bild newspaper in Germany, drones have been spotted at airports and military installations all over the country over the course of two days. Numerous flights at Munich Airport have been canceled or diverted as a result of the second drone sighting in two days, but flights have already resumed with delays by Saturday morning.

diplomacy and politics

• The countries’ “political will” must be displayed in the area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in order for the external power line to be reconnected to the facility, according to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. Since September 23, the facility has been turned off from external power, making the reactors’ cooling more challenging and compromising nuclear safety.
• A senior Ukrainian intelligence official claims that China gave Russia satellite intelligence to improve the launch of missiles inside Ukraine. Oleh Alexandrov, a senior official with the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Agency, told the state news agency Ukrinform that “there is evidence of high-level cooperation” between Moscow and Beijing when conducting satellite reconnaissance.
• According to the assembly of the UN aviation agency in Canada, Russia has been condemned for disturbing crucial satellite navigation systems that it claims violate international regulations. Russia has denied the accusations made by Estonia and Finland that it has encumbered GPS navigation devices in the region’s airspace.