BREAKING: Amid #UkraineRussiaWar, Watch As Two Fighter Jets Escorted #Poland’s Football Team To Qatar #FIFAWorldCup [VIDEO]—-In a viral video making waves in the media space, Two F-16 jets escorted Poland’s national football team to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup has emerged.
This is coming after a missile strike killed two Polish citizens during Ukraine Vs Russia war.
Recall, two men aged about 60 were killed when a missile hit the southeastern Polish village of Przewodow, some six kilometres (four miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The explosion sparked concerns that NATO, which Poland joined in 1999, might be drawn into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Poland is protected by NATO’s commitment to collective defence — enshrined in Article 5 of its founding treaty — but the alliance’s response will likely be heavily influenced by whether the incident was accidental or intentional.
Poland has so far put its military on heightened alert following the blast. It also summoned the Russian ambassador for “immediate detailed explanations”.
The reason for being escorted by F16 fighter jets is because of the tensions around the Ukraine-Russia border amid the ongoing war between the two countries. Since Poland shares its border with both Ukraine and Russia, extra care was taken and, hence, two F16 planes were made to fly alongside the squad.
The footage was posted by the official Twitter account of the Polish team and has already been viewed over 5.7 million times. The Poland national team’s official Twitter account posted: “We were escorted to the southern border of Poland by F16 planes!”
On its official handle on Thursday, the team, popularly called the White and Red, thanked pilots of the fighter jets for keeping every member safe.
“We were escorted to the southern border of Poland by F16 planes!” The tweet reads.
“Thank you and greetings to the pilots!”
Watch the video below:
Do południowej granicy Polski eskortowały nas samoloty F16! ✈️ Dziękujemy i pozdrawiamy panów pilotów! 🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/7WLuM1QrhZ
— Łączy nas piłka (@LaczyNasPilka) November 17, 2022
