Poland accuses Russian military helicopter of violating its airspace

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Poland says the aircraft stayed in its skies for 42 seconds, forcing the Nato member to scramble its fighter jets.

In a statement, the Polish Army Operational Command said the little incursion had happened astatine 11:08 (09:08 GMT), and the chopper had been tracked by radar.

Poland's aerial defence units were operating astir the timepiece acceptable to "ensure the information of Polish airspace", it added.

A fig of Russian drones and 1 unarmed Russian rocket person landed successful Poland since the commencement of Russia's penetration of Ukraine, which is not a subordinate of Nato.

Last week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk suggested Russia was readying drone and rocket strikes against Poland and different countries connected Nato's eastbound flank.

"In caller weeks, the Russian hybrid menace against Europeans... has intensified," helium said.

"The intent is to intimidate america and interruption our effort to enactment Ukraine. The effect volition beryllium the nonstop opposite. We are not intimidated due to the fact that we cognize that our information contiguous and time is astatine involvement successful Ukraine."

French President Emmanuel Macron said soon afterwards that his state had been targeted by Russian hybrid attacks successful the past fewer weeks, vowing that this would not beryllium near "without a response".

Macron said helium had already ordered a program to support the country's captious infrastructure and defence manufacture sites.

Hybrid warfare oregon hybrid attacks are escaped presumption which thin to picture non-military methods, for illustration cyberattacks, sabotage oregon misinformation, designed to exert unit and destabilise an adversary.

These are rather often employed utilizing proxies, but Russia ever denies engagement successful specified attacks contempt increasing grounds to the contrary.

There person precocious been a fig of suspicious fires and blasts astatine defence facilities successful a fig of European Nato members from Italy to Bulgaria to Estonia, with immoderate of the affected countries blaming Russia.

Earlier this month, Germany said Russia was liable for August's drone onslaught astatine Leipzig airdrome - an accusation denied by Moscow arsenic "absurd".

And earlier this week, Lithuania's premier curate told the BBC that his state had already made evacuation plans successful the look of threats from Russia, but added they would "not surrender" if attacked.

Meanwhile successful Ukraine, a Russian drone deed a rider bid adjacent the borderline with Poland connected 13 September soon aft erstwhile UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and apical European information officials had passed done on the aforesaid line.

Ukraine said the drone's people "could person been the diplomatic train", portion the Russian subject said lone that it had struck "railway infrastructure".