Polish forces scrambled combat aircraft, placed air defense systems on heightened alert, and briefly activated air raid sirens in Lublin overnight Thursday in response to a massive Russian air attack on Ukraine.
The seventh group of Ukrainian Legion volunteers, consisting of Ukrainian citizens living abroad, signed contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Friday in Lublin.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine commended the work of Polish citizens, volunteers, and caring hearts during a short stop in Lublin on his way back to Ukraine from official visits across the Atlantic.