Poland scrambled military aircraft and placed air-defense and radar systems on heightened alert after the drone entered terms of its airspace. Air raid sirens and RCB emergency warnings were triggered across the eastern Lublin province, though Ukraine's Border Guard Service reported that the border checkpoint itself was not hit.
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Poland Evacuates Yahodyn Border Crossing After Russian Drone Strike
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A Geran-5 jet-powered drone struck a truck parking area in Ukraine's Volyn Oblast on Sept. 28, roughly 1 km from the Polish frontier. The attack on the Ukrainian side of the border forced an immediate evacuation of the Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing, according to the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces.
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