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Polish aircraft intercept Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic

Polish aircraft intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft in a new Baltic incident.

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Repeated encounters between NATO aircraft and Russian surveillance planes raise the risk of miscalculation near alliance airspace.

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