__A provocative flight of Russian SU-24 bombers near a Polish oil platform in the Baltic Sea has been reported. The incident was confirmed by the National Security Bureau. As indicated, the bombers “posed no security threat.”__
Footage of the incident has appeared online. It shows how a pair of Russian Su-24 bombers from the Baltic Fleet made a provocative flyby right next to an oil rig in the Baltic Sea on the afternoon of October 26. As reported by biznesalert.pl, it is likely to be the B8 oil production platform owned by Lotos Petrobaltic. It is located in the Polish economic zone. The video shows two bombers flying right at the water surface. The machines were less than 100 meters from the oil rig. On the video Polish comments can be heard: “this hasn’t happened before”, “it’s probably the Swedes”.
The information about the flight of Russian bombers was confirmed by the National Security Bureau.
>The Polish Armed Forces have recognized the fact of the flight of a pair of Russian Su-24s in the Baltic Sea area (26.10.2021 at 15.00). The aircraft performed the flight in the Kaliningrad Air Information Region (FIR) and did not violate any regulations and did not pose a safety risk. Moreover, the airspace above the oil rig is not a prohibited zone
– Marcin Skowron, a spokesman for BBN told Onet.pl.
Su-24 aircraft were manufactured from 1972 to 1983 at Novosibirsk’s Chkalov Aircraft Plant. A total of 721 such machines were built, which went only to the Russian armed forces. The machines are part of the Baltic Fleet, among others.
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__A provocative flight of Russian SU-24 bombers near a Polish oil platform in the Baltic Sea has been reported. The incident was confirmed by the National Security Bureau. As indicated, the bombers “posed no security threat.”__
Footage of the incident has appeared online. It shows how a pair of Russian Su-24 bombers from the Baltic Fleet made a provocative flyby right next to an oil rig in the Baltic Sea on the afternoon of October 26. As reported by biznesalert.pl, it is likely to be the B8 oil production platform owned by Lotos Petrobaltic. It is located in the Polish economic zone. The video shows two bombers flying right at the water surface. The machines were less than 100 meters from the oil rig. On the video Polish comments can be heard: “this hasn’t happened before”, “it’s probably the Swedes”.
The information about the flight of Russian bombers was confirmed by the National Security Bureau.
>The Polish Armed Forces have recognized the fact of the flight of a pair of Russian Su-24s in the Baltic Sea area (26.10.2021 at 15.00). The aircraft performed the flight in the Kaliningrad Air Information Region (FIR) and did not violate any regulations and did not pose a safety risk. Moreover, the airspace above the oil rig is not a prohibited zone
– Marcin Skowron, a spokesman for BBN told Onet.pl.
Su-24 aircraft were manufactured from 1972 to 1983 at Novosibirsk’s Chkalov Aircraft Plant. A total of 721 such machines were built, which went only to the Russian armed forces. The machines are part of the Baltic Fleet, among others.
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