Timelapse shows passenger flights diverting after Russian drones enter Polish airspace

Описание: Poland scrambled its own and NATO air defences to shoot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday (September 10) after a Russian air attack on Ukraine, marking the first time that Warsaw has got involved in the war in its neighbouring nation as it called the violation an act of aggression.

Flightradar24 tracking data showed airplanes avoiding the Warsaw region in the early morning of Wednesday, after Chopin airport in Warsaw, the country's largest, announced that its airspace was closed due to military actions.

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