Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted another Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea this week.

Source: RMF24, a Polish online news portal, citing Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at a press conference in the Polish town of Kartuzy on 30 October, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kosiniak-Kamysz said Polish MiG-29 fighter jets had intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea.

This is not the first such incident this week. On 28 October, a pair of Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 aircraft over the Baltic Sea.

The Polish military said the Russian Il-20 aircraft was on a reconnaissance mission in international airspace without having filed a flight plan and with its transponder switched off.

Background:

• Russia has repeatedly carried out provocations involving violations of NATO airspace, the most high-profile of which was the incursion into Estonian airspace in mid-September.
• Earlier, General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said that the Alliance's firm response to Russia's airspace violations in Poland and Estonia has forced Moscow to act more cautiously.

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