A Russian Mi-8 helicopter briefly violated Polish airspace near the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday, prompting Warsaw to scramble its fighter jets. The Operational Command of Poland’s Armed Forces said in a statement on X that the helicopter had entered Polish airspace at 11:08 a.m. from Kaliningrad in the country’s north, remaining there for 42 seconds. “The flight of the machine was observed by the radio-location systems” of Poland’s military, the command said in a statement, adding that ground forces remained on standby. “The nature of the incident indicates that Russia is once again testing the readiness of our air defense.
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