Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea on Thursday in the second such incident this week, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
Poland’s army said Wednesday that Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian aircraft flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday without a registered flight plan and with its transponder turned off.
“Today MiG-29s intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea,” said Kosiniak-Kamysz, describing it as being the same as Tuesday’s incident.
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He did not give further details.
Countries on the eastern flank of the Western military alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have been on high alert for possible airspace incursions since September, when three Russian military jets violated Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, days after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace.
