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Poland Intercepts Russian Plane over Baltic, Reports Airspace Breaches From Belarus
Polish forces intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane and tracked multiple suspected smuggling balloons from Belarus, with nearly 20,000 soldiers on holiday alert, officials said.
- On December 25, Polish Air Force fighter jets intercepted and visually identified a Russian military reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea near Poland's airspace.
- Overnight, Poland's radar systems detected multiple unidentified aerial objects entering from the direction of Belarus, and part of the airspace over Podlaskie Voivodeship was temporarily closed to civilian traffic.
- After detailed analysis, specialists concluded the intrusions were most likely smuggling balloons or weather balloons, and flights were continuously monitored by radar monitoring systems while specialized recovery and identification services examined recovered objects.
- Polish Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said `No threat to the security of Polish airspace has been identified` and thanked nearly 20,000 soldiers as forces stay ready with NATO allies including Spain and the Netherlands.
- Countries on NATO's eastern flank have been on high alert since September, and Polish authorities say such encounters underscore the importance of regional air policing and rapid response forces.
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