Poland to establish helicopter base near Ukraine border

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Nina Voronets

A new airbase will be created in Poland, in the city of Swidnik, Lublin Voivodeship, located near the border with Ukraine. There will be helicopters permanently.

The Ministry of Defense of Poland reported this.

Thus, on March 25, at the Lublin airport, Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz signed a letter of intent for cooperation between the Ministry of National Defense and the Lublin Voivodeship.

"We have just signed a letter of intent between the Ministry of National Defense and the city of Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, and Lublin Airport in connection with the investment planned here by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland – the location of a permanent helicopter airbase of the Ground Forces here in Świdnik, at Lublin Airport, which will serve the needs of the Armed Forces of Poland," he said.

According to the Minister of Defense, this permanent base will be on an area of 100 hectares, which will appear as part of an agreement between the Ministry of National Defense and local government partners.

For reference:

Świdnik is a city in eastern Poland—the administrative center of Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship.

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A Russian missile flew into the territory of Poland during an attack on Ukraine on March 24. Because of this, aviation, particularly NATO aviation, was raised in the sky there. The Russian missile was in Polish airspace for 39 seconds.

At the same time, Poland later said that the military knew that the missile that flew over the Lublin region would return to Ukraine. In addition, the Ministry of Defense of Poland specified that they were ready to shoot down the Russian missile if it had flown deep into the territory of the country and not returned to the airspace of Ukraine.