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Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First up, NATO jets were scrambled as Russia carried out one of its largest air assaults in months,

striking targets across Ukraine

and prompting a brief alert in Poland. We'll have the details. Later in the show, an update on

the shutdown of the U.S. government, perhaps you've heard about it, as negotiations on Capitol

Hill remain deadlocked and federal agencies prepare for furloughs. But first, today's afternoon

spotlight. Over night, NATO scrambled fighter jets once again, as Russia launched one of its

largest aerial attacks in months, more than 50 missiles and roughly 500 drones raining down

across Ukraine. This time, the strikes reached deep into western Ukraine, close enough to Poland to trigger a full

alert.

Poland's military says it scrambled fighter jets, activated radar systems, and placed its ground-based

air defenses on the highest state of readiness.

Dutch F-35 stealth fighters, part of NATO's air policing rotation in Poland,

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