A Russian SU-24MR military aircraft entered Polish airspace in the Gdansk Bay region of the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, attributed by Russia to a navigation system malfunction, according to the Operational Command of the Polish armed forces.
The aircraft penetrated 6.5 kilometers into Polish territory and remained there for just over one minute before altering its flight path, as reported by the Operational Command on X.
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Polish airspace monitoring services maintained communication with their Russian counterparts, who acknowledged the breach and indicated that it was caused by a navigation system failure on the aircraft.
“The flight path was promptly adjusted following the intervention of the navigator from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” stated the Polish military command.
The aircraft was conducting a flight from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, as noted in the report.
