🇷🇺🇵🇱Russian military helicopter violates Polish Airspace to test Air defenses.
Russian military Mi-8 helicopter from Kaliningrad exclave crossed into Polish airspace of Braniewo. It stayed 42 seconds and 300 meters inside Warsaw territory before turning back to Kaliningrad.
In response after being tracked, Poland scrambled fighter jets and alerted its ground based units. According to Polish Operational Command, Moscow was testing Polish Air defense readiness during military training in Kaliningrad.
Russian Kaliningrad is located between Poland and Lithuania in Baltic region but heavily armed with nuclear capable weapons and modernized storage site.
Russia normally carries out these activities to test NATO states political responses, radar coverage and time of reaction.
“Map animation provided illustrates Location Kaliningrad and area of incidence where Russian Mi-8 helicopter violated Polish Airspace.”
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— @Globalsurv Sep 23, 2026
