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A Russian military helicopter Mi-8 on the afternoon of 23 September intruded into Polish airspace. It remained there for 42 seconds, then returned to the Kaliningrad region. In fact, Russia has long been conducting hybrid attacks against Europe.
This was told to the 24 Channel by Armed Forces of Ukraine serviceman Oleksandr Musienko. It is known that the helicopter flew about 300 meters over Polish territory. It appears that Russia is testing the operation of Poland’s air defenses.
Why didn’t Poland shoot down the helicopter?
In response, Polish forces scrambled fighters and put ground forces on the highest state of combat readiness. At the same time, they decided not to shoot down the Russian helicopter.
Oleksandr Musienko emphasized that the decision to shoot down such objects is made directly by the Polish military based on intelligence data and instructions. If there had been information about an imminent strike, the helicopter most likely would have been destroyed.
In Europe people are already saying that Russia plans to increase the number of provocations and various sabotage acts. For now there is no talk of an open offensive, since there is no concentration of troops near the border. But it is quite possible that Russia will launch drones or even missiles at Europe, and then claim that it was “accidental”,
– Musienko said.
If there is information about a threat of a strike, the object must be destroyed, whereas in cases of testing air-defense reaction, the appropriate response protocols are followed.
Russia threatens European countries: watch the video on the 24 Channel
In fact, Russia is already conducting a hybrid war against Europe. It’s not only about various sabotage acts, but also about illegal surveillance of military assets, etc.
These figures were shared by the United Kingdom. The number of confirmed acts of sabotage and illegal surveillance of British military facilities in just 2026 year was 360 times. For the entire 2025 year it was 240,
– Musienko noted.
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