US attack helicopters arrive in Poland: defence minister

US attack helicopters have arrived in Poland amid an escalating security crisis provoked by Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the Polish defence minister has announced.

A pair of US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters in mid-air.

Photo: PAP/Marcin Bielecki

"American AH-64 Apache helicopters have landed" at Powidz Air Base in west-central Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak said in a tweet on Wednesday.

"This is another sign of allied support in the face of Russia's aggressive actions," he added.

Dziś w #Powidz wylądowały amerykańskie 🇺🇸 śmigłowce AH-64 Apache. To kolejne wsparcie sojusznicze w obliczu zaostrzających się agresywnych działań Rosji. pic.twitter.com/SeDhZMWkSA

— Mariusz Błaszczak (@mblaszczak) February 23, 2022

The announcement came after media outlets reported a day earlier that the United States would move some of its F-35 fighter jets and Apache attack helicopters based in Europe to the Baltic states and Poland amid the Ukraine crisis.

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Source: PAP