A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A "Wedgetail" Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft participated in a mission to defend Polish airspace under NATO Operation Eastern Sentry over Eastern Poland tonight. The RAAF deployed the aircraft to Eastern Europe in July at the request of Poland and NATO, as Australia operates as a major global partner of the alliance. In Ukraine, row homes in Kyiv sustained heavy damage during a Russian air raid, according to a report shared via X at 6:50 AM UTC. The geolocation provided for the damage is 50.435266, 30.321213. Earlier this morning, between 5:06 AM and 5:35 AM UTC, Ukraine's Air Force reported drone activity in the Poltava and Zhytomyr regions, with UAVs in Poltava heading towards Mirgorod and those in Zhytomyr moving west. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, announced that a fire erupted on one floor of a state medical institution in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv. The "єРадар" channel tracked multiple drones in the Chernihiv region, specifically near Novgorod-Siverskyi, Sosnytsia, Baturin, Borzna, Bakhmach, and Pryluky. The "‼️ТРИВОГА ~ РАДАР🚀ДЕ РАКЕТА? ДЕ ШАХ..." channel indicated that new "Shahed" drones were entering the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. Previous reports detailed ongoing drone activity across the Kyiv region between 4:36 AM and 5:06 AM UTC on September 28th, with multiple sources reporting numerous UAVs. The earlier window also noted UAVs over Teremki, Shulyavka, Zhuliany, and Svyatoshyn/Nivki, as well as in the north of the Kyiv region, with Ukrainian air defense systems actively engaged.
