Belarus on Thursday stated a Polish helicopter had violated its airspace, as tensions rage between the 2 nations amid the battle in Ukraine.
“At about 15:20 (1220 GMT), an aircraft crossed the border of the Republic of Belarus,” the Defense Ministry stated, including that the helicopter flew as much as 1.5 kilometres inside Belarus’ airspace.
“At 16:22 (1322 GMT) the helicopter again violated the state border,” the assertion stated.
The Defense Ministry stated it scrambled plane however offered no additional particulars.
Belarus has repeatedly accused the EU member of breaching its airspace. Warsaw denies the claims.
Relations between Minsk and Warsaw, frozen for years, have hit new lows since Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko allowed Moscow to make use of his nation to assault Ukraine.
Poland has been considered one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters since Russia despatched troops to Ukraine in February 2022 and is considered one of Kyiv’s important weapons suppliers.
Last week the Kremlin stated that each Moscow and its ally Belarus had been “watching” Poland carefully, calling it a “rather aggressive” nation.
Source: www.dailysabah.com