"NATO air policing detachments were put on higher readiness in response to the dangerous behaviour of a Russian military plane in the vicinity of a Polish Frontex aircraft over the Black Sea near Romania," the official said on Monday, as quoted by the Reuters news agency.
The official added that NATO “remains vigilant” and referred further questions to Polish authorities, Reuters reported.
On Friday, a Polish border guard plane on patrol for the EU's Frontex border agency over the Black Sea near Romania narrowly avoided a collision with a Russian fighter jet, Romania and Poland said over the weekend.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet carried out "aggressive and dangerous manoeuvres" approaching the Polish aircraft without keeping a secure distance, leading to turbulence, loss of altitude and a temporary loss of control of the plane by the Polish crew, Anna Michalska, spokeswoman for Poland’s border guard agency, tweeted on Sunday.
Polish officials have slammed the incident as “a provocation by Russia.”
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Source: Reuters
