Poland on Saturday scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft near its border with Ukraine.

Poland scrambled its jets on Saturday morning as Russian strikes hit near its border with Ukraine. Russia continued its aerial attack on Ukraine on Friday night, launching a series of drone strikes on areas far from the frontline.

Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight and Saturday as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that killed at least six people and wounded dozens, officials said.