Poland Places Fighters on Alert to Track Russian Reconnaissance Plane Near Baltic Sea

Overview

• Poland’s military said it detected a Russian military reconnaissance aircraft on the morning of Dec. 25 operating close to Polish airspace over the Baltic Sea.
• The aircraft was identified by Polish authorities as a Russian reconnaissance plane based on their monitoring.
• Polish fighter jets were placed on alert and tasked to keep watch as part of standard defensive procedures.
• No violation of Poland’s airspace or escalation to an encounter was reported in the statements cited by the coverage.
• Details were relayed by Reuters and carried in Japan via Kyodo and Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, whose brief item was behind a paywall.