Poland will intercept Russian missiles and drones over Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Tusk signed a security agreement in Poland. In particular, it envisages the formation of a volunteer military unit of Ukrainian refugees and Poland's interception of Russian missiles and drones in Ukraine's skies. This was reported by the presidential office on 8 July.

The agreement with Poland is the first bilateral security agreement among the already signed bilateral agreements that provides for the possibility of intercepting missiles and drones in the airspace of Ukriane fired in the direction of Poland.

Also for the first time, the security agreement provides for the creation of a "Ukrainian legion" - the training of personnel of the Ukrainian Security and Defence Forces in Poland, which Ukrainian citizens temporarily residing in Poland and other countries will be able to join.

It is reported that Poland will consider transferring at least one additional squadron of MiG-29s to Ukraine.

The agreement contains a strong block on cooperation in the defence industry, in particular the location of production facilities of Polish defence companies in Ukraine and the exploration of additional opportunities for joint defence production," the statement said.

Poland will also continue to operate the POLLOGHUB logistics hub and use the potential of LitPolUkrbrig to reinforce the AFU.

The document aims to strengthen cooperation in the non-military sphere, in particular in intelligence, cyber security, maritime and information security, protection of critical infrastructure.

Separate blocks of the agreement deal with economic recovery and rehabilitation, border infrastructure and development of transit potential.

Political co-operation includes the issues of European integration, implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula, sanctions, compensation of losses to Ukraine, as well as bringing the aggressor to justice.

The document was signed in pursuance of the G7 Joint Declaration on support for Ukraine, which was adopted in Vilnius on 12 July 2023.

Earlier it was reported that on 8 July the debris of Russian missiles fell in Dniprovskyy, Solomenskyy districts of Kyiv. There is a hit in the children's hospital Okhmatdet.

Also Socialportal reported that Vladimir Zelensky arrived in Warsaw before his visit to the NATO summit.