Russia is increasingly harassing NATO planes near Polish airspace.
“The current situation brings more tension and risks and is certainly more dangerous for the entire NATO community,” said the Head of the Polish Air Force Directorate General Ireneus Nowak via video conference.
Nowak said that Russian Su-35, Su-27 and MiG-29 aircraft flying from Belarus have approached Polish airspace several times since the invasion of Ukraine.
"It's a fairly recurring situation," Novak said. Fighters are dispatched two or three times usually within 24 hours, which is a lot.”
Nowak said Russia keeps its airborne early-warning and control aircraft, the A-50 Perev, in the air at all times. Russian air defense systems also track NATO aircraft.
Even as NATO increases the number of aircraft, Russia is testing the airspace and NATO response time. “They are harassing us. They are forcing us to send the planes, forcing us to intercept them,” Nowak said.
Russia is increasingly harassing NATO aircraft near Polish air space, reinforcing the need for both Polish and NATO air policing
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