Polish Jets Intercept Russian Plane Over Baltic Sea

Polish MiG-29s over Malbork, Poland, on April 29, 2014. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty ImagesPolish fighters intercepted a Russian plane on Tuesday that was flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Polish army said on Oct. 29. The Russian plane was flying without a filed flight plan, and its transponder was turned off.“On October 28, 2025, a pair of on-duty MiG-29 Polish Air Force fighters successfully intercepted, visually identified, and escorted a Russian Federation aircraft out of the area of responsibility, which was conducting a flight over the Baltic Sea,” Poland’s Operational Command of the Armed Forces posted on X.