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Airports in Rzeszów and Lublin are closed. Poland scrambled fighter jets, DORSZ reports. This is due to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

Major air operations by NATO Air Forces are ongoing now over Poland, amidst a large-scale drone and missile attack by Russia against Ukraine. A NATO E-3A “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft and an Airbus A330 Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) are currently up and orbiting over Eastern Poland, while a Polish Saab 340 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft heads east towards the border with Belarus and Ukraine, and a Spanish Airbus A400M Atlas - potential operating as an aerial-refueling tanker - has taken off from Lithuania and is heading south in the direction of Poland

Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces: Attention. Due to the Russian Federation's attack on targets located in Ukrainian territory, Polish and allied air forces are operating in our airspace. In accordance with applicable procedures, the Operational Commander of the Polish Armed Forces has activated the necessary forces and resources at his disposal. Duty fighter pairs and an early warning aircraft have been scrambled, and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to maximum alert. These operations are preventative in nature and aimed at securing and protecting airspace, particularly in areas adjacent to the threatened areas.

Prime Minister: I asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs to take immediate diplomatic action to return to Poland the suspects of the terrorist attack on the railway

Prime Minister @DonaldTusk in the Polish Parliament: The head of the Internal Security Agency and Minister @MSWiA_GOV_PL have requested the introduction of alert level 3, "Charlie." This level will cover specific railway lines. I will issue an appropriate order today.

.@donaldtusk: "A C4 explosive was detonated through a 3,000-meter cable, which exploded as a freight train passed by"

Prime Minister @DonaldTusk in the Polish Sejm: The identified perpetrators are two Ukrainian citizens who have long collaborated with Russian intelligence. Their identities are known, arrived from Belarus left for Belarus after attack

.@donaldtusk "Certain railway lines will be placed under high alert level"

Prime Minister @DonaldTusk in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland: The people who committed the act of sabotage left the territory of Poland through the border crossing in Terespol

"Unfortunately, the worst suspicions have been confirmed. An act of sabotage took place on the Warsaw-Lublin route (village of Mika)," - the Prime Minister said. Donald Tusk said the railway track was destroyed by an explosive device.

Donald Tusk: Unfortunately, the worst suspicions have been confirmed. An act of sabotage occurred on the Warsaw-Lublin route (Mika village). An explosive device detonated and destroyed the railway track. Emergency services and the prosecutor's office are working on the scene. Damage was also found on the same route, closer to Lublin.

“Did you talk to PM Orbán about asylum?” — Poland’s ex-justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, accused of 26 crimes, dodges whether he sought political asylum in Hungary. He’s been in Budapest for over two weeks with a Polish arrest warrant on him, refusing to return home

Polish PM Tusk:Putin has tools that can destroy the European Union as an organization, but also Europe as a cultural phenomenon. These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe

The US administration has agreed to lift sanctions against the Paks II nuclear power plant under construction in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced.

The new regulations expand the powers of the Navy and Border Guard in the Baltic Sea. Law and Justice (PiS) MPs protested, but the bill passed.

Poland intercepts Russian Il-20 spy plane over Baltic Sea – the third incident this week. Warsaw jets escorted the plane, which had its transponder off and no flight plan, confirming "increasing activity of russian aviation in the Baltic region" Polish army said

The foreign ministers of Russia, Hungary, and North Korea will participate in a conference on Eurasian security in Minsk on October 28–29, according to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

Bosnian authorities detained two Hungarians suspected of spying—one a former Communist counterintelligence officer who later worked for Hungary’s foreign intelligence

Budapest marks the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution with two major rallies. Orbán’s “peace march,” led by a banner reading “We won’t die for Ukraine,” has ended — now opposition leader Péter Magyar’s “national march” heads with supporters toward Heroes’ Square

President Zelensky met with Polish PM Donald Tusk at the European Council summit. They discussed joint defense projects, use of the SAFE instrument, and Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy sector

A fire with multiple explosions hit Hungarian oil giant MOL’s refinery in Százhalombatta on Monday night. The cause remains unknown. It came just hours after an explosion at Romania’s Lukoil refinery in Ploiești earlier the same day. nn Video from Százhalombatta by @444hu

.@POTUS: "India is not going to be buying Russian oil anymore, and Hungary is sort of stuck because they have one pipeline. and they're inland — they don't have sea. but India will not be buying oil from Russia."

Trump: The meeting in Hungary will most likely be a double meeting. We will have Zelensky in touch

Hungary's main opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has said that Hungarian intelligence officers were sent to the country's EU embassy in Brussels between 2015-2018, adding credence to reports that Budapest ran an espionage operation in the heart of the EU

German Defense Minister: We will increase our participation in air patrols and send Eurofighter jets to patrol Polish airspace.

Polish Prime Minister Tusk says Poland refuses to hand over Nord Stream sabotage suspect wanted by Germany under a European arrest warrant

Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces: Please note that on the night of October 4-5, 2025, the Russian Federation will once again launch strikes against targets located in Ukrainian territory. To ensure the security of Polish airspace, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces has activated all necessary procedures. Polish and allied aircraft are operating intensively in our airspace, and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems have reached the highest level of readiness.

Commercial flights flying the now usual alternate routing through Poland when the Lublin and Rzeszów TMA/CMA are closed, though the standard NOTAMs have not yet been published

Donald Tusk to Orban: Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban, it is Russia who started the war against Ukraine. It is them who decided we're living in the time of war. And in such a time the only question is whose side are you on

Polish Foreign Minister: We advise the Russian President not to wage war on NATO