Poland and allied NATO countries will commence an air-defense operation on August 1 dubbed “Eastern Aurora”, aimed at strengthening Polish airspace against incursions in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The operation will run parallel with the ‘Safe Podlasie’ initiative involving the deployment of 17,000 troops to the Polish-Belarusian border, where a migratory crisis has been ongoing since 2021. Warsaw attributes the crisis to a “hybrid war” policy by the Alexander Lukashenko regime.
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said during an inauguration ceremony for Safe Podlasie on Wednesday that Eastern Aurora was “a matter of the security of Polish airspace.” Läs artikel