The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces reported a brief violation of the country's airspace by a Russian Mi-8 helicopter. According to the Polish command, the incident occurred on September 23 at 11:08 AM local time.
According to the Polish command, the helicopter penetrated the country's airspace by a maximum of 300 m and remained there for 42 seconds, after which it independently changed course and returned to Russian airspace.
Due to the detection of an unidentified target by air defense duty systems, the Polish military leadership decided to scramble a pair of duty fighters. Which ones exactly is unknown, but the Poles are armed with American F-16 aircraft.
A day earlier, on September 22, a pair of Polish Air Force fighters took to the air to escort a Russian Il-20 aircraft over the Baltic Sea.
Polish Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz claimed on social network X that this happened approximately 40 km from the Polish coast.