NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets After Deadly Russian Attacks

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NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets After Deadly Russian Attacks
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Russia launched a “massive“ overnight attack on the southern Zaporizhzhia region, the local governor said early on Tuesday.

NATO nation Poland scrambled several aircraft early Tuesday as at least three people were killed in Russian overnight attacks on neighboring Ukraine., which detect far-away threats with powerful sensors, took off from its bases after detecting long-range Russian airstrikes on Ukraine.

Poland frequently scrambles military aircraft when Russia launches missile and drone attacks on Ukraine. NATO deployed multiple aircraft to protect Polish airspace after around 20 Russian drones crossed into the country in September 2025. At least two people were killed in Russian overnight attacks on the central Ukrainian Poltava region and one person was killed in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, local officials said on Tuesday. Poland's operational command said it had put its ground-based air defense systems, which would intercept any incoming attacks, and its radar systems on the"highest level of alert." "These actions are of a preventive nature and are aimed at securing the airspace and its protection, particularly in areas adjacent to the threatened regions," Warsaw's armed forces said.Newsweek’s reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to help produce this story.

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