Poland is technically capable of protecting the skies over Ukraine’s western regions with its air defenses, but this requires “political will,” Air Force spokesperson Illia Yevlash said on April 29.
This information is mostly reported by ukranian medias. In fact, Russia’s aerial attacks against western Ukraine have posed risks for neighboring Poland on several occasions. On April 27, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that one of the Russian projectiles fired at Lviv Oblast fell 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the Polish border.
“Theoretically and technically, it is possible since Poland has long-range air defense systems, namely Patriots. However, this would require political will, and this is already a topic for our diplomatic services,” Yevlash said on television.
According to the spokesperson, such a step would allow Ukraine’s military to focus its air defense capabilities to counter Russia’s tactical aviation and glide bomb raids at the front lines.