Yesterday, F-16 fighter planes escorted the Polish national team to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, following Tuesday night’s devastating missile strike.
As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, two Polish people were slain in an attack four miles from the Ukrainian border in the country’s east.
Authorities are still investigating the origin of the missile, but early signs point to a Ukrainian air defence system attempting to offset the Russian assault – a claim that Ukraine has disputed.
As evidence that Poland is taking no chances in the wake of the tragic attack, footage released by the government on Thursday showed a passenger jet carrying the Polish national football team being escorted by two F-16 fighter jets.
Yesterday, the national team’s Twitter account announced, “We were escorted to the southern border of Poland by F16 planes!”
“Many thanks and regards to the pilots!”
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After Tuesday night’s missile attack, the Polish national team’s flight to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup was escorted by F-16 fighter planes on Thursday. Pictured: The passenger plane of the Polish national team is depicted with an F-16 fighter jet.
Photos taken from three distinct aircraft were shared.
The fighter fighters were spotted flying virtually wing-to-wing with a passenger airplane sporting the national colors of Poland, red and white.
The phrase “Republic of Poland” was written on the plane’s side. Its tail wing featured portraits of Polish historical figures and the dates 1918 to 2018.
A message in Polish said, “100th anniversary of Poland’s regaining freedom.”
Before boarding the plane, the video also showed the national team posing for a parting shot with staff. Through a window of the passenger jet, footage was captured showing the two fighter jets flying side by side.
Robert Lewandowski and his teammates hope to lead Poland out of Group C and into the knockout phase for the first time since 1986.
Poland qualified for the World Cup by finishing second in the same group as England, six points behind the English.
As a sign that Poland is not taking any chances following the tragic attack, footage published by Poland on Thursday showed a passenger jet carrying the national team being escorted by two F-16 fighter fighters (pictured)
Poland’s national team and staff are pictured posing for a photo by the plane.
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they received a bye in their semi-final play-off match.
In their play-off final at home versus Sweden, Poland defeated Zlatan Ibrahimovic and company by a score of 2-0.
On Sunday, the World Cup begins with a match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador. Tuesday’s opening matchup for Poland is versus Mexico.
On Saturday, November 26, Czeslaw Michniewicz’s squad will face Saudi Arabia before facing tournament favorites Argentina on Wednesday, November 30.
Through a window of the passenger jet, footage was captured of the fighter fighters flying alongside.
Before boarding the plane, a video also showed the national squad posing for a parting photo with staff.
Russia on Tuesday unleashed a statewide blitz of more than 100 missiles and drones that knocked out power to 10 million people in Ukraine. Ukraine’s energy minister described the attacks as the largest assault on the country’s shattered power sector in nearly nine months of war.
The attack caused the missile to land in Poland, killing two individuals.
Thursday, Polish President Andrzej Duda visited the missile impact site and expressed sympathy for Ukraine’s predicament. Duda stated, “It is a tremendously terrible position for them, and there are intense emotions and tension.”
He referred to the strike as a “unfortunate accident” on Wednesday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels: “Ukraine is not to blame.” Russia is ultimately accountable for continuing its illegal war against Ukraine.
Stoltenberg added that it was probably a Ukrainian air defense missile.
Aerial image of the grain storage facility in eastern Poland that was destroyed by a missile. Warsaw asserts that Ukraine’very likely’ fired the weapon, although Zelensky disputes this claim.
This week, a Dutch judge sentenced two Russians and a Ukrainian to life in jail for the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, which resulted in the deaths of all 298 persons on board.
Earlier, U.S. President Joe Biden stated that the missile’s trajectory revealed it was not launched from Russia. Russia denies any wrongdoing.
Following a conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba appeared to reverse Ukraine’s claim that a Russian missile had impacted Poland.
“Our specialists are already in Poland,” tweeted Kuleba. We anticipate that they will gain access to the location quickly in conjunction with Polish law enforcement.
This week, the battle also echoed in European courts, as a Dutch judge on Thursday sentenced two Russians and a Ukrainian to life in jail for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH17 over Ukraine, which resulted in the deaths of all 298 passengers.
None of the suspects from that early phase of hostilities were present in court or expected to serve their sentences, prompting Zelensky to hail the ‘important’ ruling while calling for those responsible to be held accountable.
The Kremlin rejected the verdict as politically driven, but Australia accused Moscow of harboring killers.
The victims of a missile attack in Poland are pictured for the first time: a driver and a warehouseman.
These are the faces of two Polish agricultural workers who were killed yesterday after a stray Ukrainian missile fell on them, causing a big diplomatic problem.
Bogusaw Wos, 62, the foreman of a grain warehouse, and Bogdan Ciupek, 60, a tractor driver, were killed at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday when an S-300 rocket struck the eastern Polish town of Przewodow near the Ukrainian border.
Yesterday afternoon, 62-year-old warehouse supervisor Bogusaw Wos and 60-year-old tractor driver Bogdan Ciupek were murdered in a missile strike on Poland.
Residents described hearing’strange whistling’ as the missile soared overhead, followed by ‘a thousand decibel boom’ when it impacted the ground.
According to his neighbors, Boguslaw worked in the grain silo warehouse for forty years and lived with his wife and elderly mother-in-law.
According to reports, the native of Przewodow has two adult children who currently reside in the southern Polish city of Krakow.
Bogdan, who worked as a driver at the grain drying facility, resided in Setniki, a nearby village.