Polish fighters intercepted Russian SU-24. ‘Dangerous maneuvers’

news.5v.pl 1 month ago

On Thursday evening, NATO Command in Europe issued an order for the Polish pair to intercept the SU-24 of the Russian Federation aircraft on duty," said the National Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. As the politician added, the Russian device was doing “dangerous maneuvers”.

“The aircraft was doing dangerous maneuvers, our work couple located it, intercepted it and effectively deterred it,” said the Minister of National Defence.

– These maneuvers performed by a Russian aircraft show the intentions of this action. These are not accidental, they are intentional," added the leader of PSL.

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz: Polish fighters intercepted Russian SU-24

According to Kosiniak-Kamysz, akin incidents "have occurred already in erstwhile weeks". “They were attended by allied troops stationed in Poland, including Swedish troops stationed in Marlbork”, he explained.

Minister explained that the last event in which Polish pilots took part took place on Balticin global waters. – Soldiers from the Polish contingent who are stationed in Lithuania took part in it – he revealed the politician.

The head of the MON besides notified the completion Mission of ORP Hewelius to the Baltic. It is simply a hydrographic vessel, which was sent to check the seabed in the area where there is an energy cable connecting Poland with Sweden. The area had previously seen suspicious tanker maneuvers from the alleged Russian shadow fleet.

Russian aircraft intercepted. fresh information from MON

– Now, together with experts from Polish energy networks, an analysis of the collected material will be carried out – the leader of PSL concluded.

According to the Minister, these 2 events show how ‘essential’ and ‘dangerous’ the Baltic area is. “Fighting enemy maneuvers is simply a task for the full alliance,” he admitted.

– All these events in the last months, the broken cables that active our neighbours, the Baltic States, maneuvers over Gotland. This all shows how fierce the actions of the Russian Federation are. These actions are taken to provoke," added Kosiniak-Kamish.