WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish airports in Radom and Lublin have reopened after a temporary closure prompted by military aviation activity, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said on Wednesday.
The shutdown followed Russian attacks on facilities in Ukraine, which led Polish and allied aircraft to scramble in response, Polish military commanders said.
At the army’s request, PANSA imposed temporary airspace restrictions, including the closure of the two airports, agency spokesman Marcin Hadaj told broadcaster TVN24.
Countries on NATO’s eastern flank have been on high alert for potential airspace incursions since September, when three Russian military jets violated Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes just days after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace.
Polish jets intercepted a Russian aircraft on Tuesday that was flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea without a filed flight plan and with its transponder turned off.
(Reporting by Anna Koper and Pawel FlorkiewiczEditing by Gareth Jones, William Maclean)
