00:00Tensions are rising again as Polish fighter jets intercept a Russian spy plane near their skies.
00:05But that's not all.
00:06Balloons from Belarus triggered an airspace lockdown overnight.
00:10On Thursday morning, a Russian reconnaissance aircraft was spotted flying dangerously close to Polish airspace.
00:16Polish jets immediately scrambled, intercepted the plane over the Baltic Sea, and escorted it away.
00:22Officials say it didn't pose an immediate threat, but the move didn't go unnoticed.
00:26Just hours earlier, radar systems detected mysterious flying objects heading from Belarus.
00:32Turns out, they were most likely smuggling balloons, drifting with the wind.
00:37The objects prompted Poland to shut down civilian airspace in the Northeast as a precaution.
00:42These aren't isolated events.
00:44Similar smuggler balloons have caused chaos in Lithuania, even closing airports.
00:49And earlier this year, more than a dozen Russian drones were shot down in Poland's airspace.
00:54That was the biggest air breach since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
00:58Poland's defense minister says the military is fully in control and ready,
01:02with 20,000 troops watching the skies even during the holidays.
01:06But one thing's clear.
01:07The pressure on NATO's eastern flank isn't easing anytime soon.
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