Dowództwo Operacyjne Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych / 2026-09-23 / carrying out the act
Poland’s Operational Command identified a Russian Armed Forces Mi-8 as the aircraft that violated Polish airspace.
Poland / 2026-09-23-pl-1
airspace incident: north of Braniewo, near the Kaliningrad border (2026-09-23)
/ date of the event
What happened
On 23 September 2026 at 11:08, according to Poland’s Operational Command, a Russian Armed Forces Mi-8 arrived from the Kaliningrad region and violated Polish airspace north of Braniewo. It penetrated up to about 300 m and remained for 42 seconds. Fighters were scrambled; the helicopter returned to Kaliningrad on its own. The command assessed the incident as a test of defence readiness; this is its assessment of intent. The map point represents the area, not an exact position or flight path.
Responsibility and limits of the evidence
officially attributed
A court or a competent state body has attributed it. That is not the same as a proven attack: an indictment is an allegation, not a verdict.
Named party: Russian Armed Forces
B - official attribution by a state body
Impact
- killed
- not established
- injured
- not established
- damage
- not established
Sources
- Rosyjski Mi-8 wtargnął w polską przestrzeń powietrzną
MILMAG / DORSZ / 2026-09-23 / secondary source
supports: the record, that it happened, the date, the location, the operator, the attribution