Polish Jets Intercept Russian Plane Over Baltic Sea

The incident comes amid a recent spate of violations of NATO nations’ airspace by Russian planes and drones.
Polish Jets Intercept Russian Plane Over Baltic Sea
Polish MiG-29s over Malbork, Poland, on April 29, 2014. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
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Polish fighters intercepted a Russian plane on Tuesday that was flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Polish army said on Oct. 29. The Russian plane was flying without a filed flight plan, and its transponder was turned off.

“On October 28, 2025, a pair of on-duty MiG-29 Polish Air Force fighters successfully intercepted, visually identified, and escorted a Russian Federation aircraft out of the area of responsibility, which was conducting a flight over the Baltic Sea,” Poland’s Operational Command of the Armed Forces posted on X.
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