Poland raised fighter jets due to the flight of the Russian Il-20 over the Baltic

Polish fighter jets were scrambled due to a Russian Il-20 aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. This was announced on July 14 by the head of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh.

According to the minister, the Russian plane was flying in an international zone. Kosinyak-Kamysh clarified that, according to Warsaw, the IL-20 was in the air 30 km from the Polish coast.

"A couple of our fighters on duty intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft," RMF24 radio quoted him as saying.

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