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Russian Mi-8 helicopter briefly enters Polish airspace from Kaliningrad

NATO member Poland scrambled fighters after a 42-second incursion, calling it another test of air defenses.

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What to know

  • A Russian Mi-8 helicopter from Kaliningrad penetrated Polish NATO airspace for 42 seconds on September 23, reaching 300 meters depth near Braniewo.
  • Poland scrambled fighters and placed air-defense assets on standby; the command assessed it as another probe of NATO readiness.
  • The incident continues a pattern: Russian aircraft and drones have violated Polish airspace multiple times since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, including a 2025 Su-24MR penetration and 19-drone swarm in September 2025.

Polish Army Operational Command Military authorityRussia Actor in incident

Russian Mi-8 helicopter briefly enters Polish airspace from Kaliningrad
Anadolu Agency

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    Poland characterizes incident as air-defense test

    Poland's Operational Command stated the brief incursion appears designed to test NATO member's air-defense readiness, citing the pattern of similar Russian probes.

    “The nature of the incident indicates that Russia is once again testing the readiness of our air defense.”
    — Polish Army Operational Command
    1. 10 outlets Russian military helicopter briefly enters Polish airspace

      first by Anadolu Agency, 15h ago · also Kyiv Independent, Moscow Times EN, Meduza EN, Interfax-Ukraine, Euronews, Reuters +3

      8 more headlines

    • This is fucking insane: today, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter violated Polish airspace, penetrating roughly 300 meters into it and remaining there for 42 seconds. The Poles scrambled fighter jets and put ground forces and air-defense assets on alert, but, of course, nobody

      @YigalLevinX16h ago637▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 9 posts in this stretch
    • hanse_mina@mastodon.social

      A Russian Mi-8 helicopter briefly violated Polish airspace near the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday, prompting Warsaw to scramble its fighter jets. https://www. politico.eu/article/poland-rus sia-mi-8-helicopter-airspace-breach-kaliningrad/ # Ukraine # Russia # EU # Poland

      hanse_mina@mastodon.socialMastodon3h ago12▲view on Mastodon ↗

    • they will make one themselves, it's not like they don't have low maintenance crashes every now and then

      Suspicious_Place1270r/europe33m agoview on r/europe ↗
    all of them →
  2. background

    Russian Mi-8 helicopter enters Polish airspace — A Russian military Mi-8 helicopter from Kaliningrad penetrated Polish airspace near Braniewo, reaching approximately 300 meters depth and remaining for 42 seconds before withdrawing. Polish military radar detected the aircraft.

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