Three strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force (Air Force) on Monday, February 20, flew near the border of Poland and Ukraine. This is evidenced by data from the flight tracking portal Flightradar.

According to the portal, a Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint with the callsign JAKE11 took off from Mildenhall Air Force Base in the UK and proceeded east through the airspace of the Netherlands, Germany and Poland. The airliner circled several times over the Polish cities of Lublin and Zamosc, to the east of which is the border with Ukraine, and over the village of Siedlce, located about 60 kilometers from Belarus. It is known that the average plane was at an altitude of 9.7 kilometers.

At the same time, an American Boeing E-3 Sentry early warning aircraft with the call sign NOVA01 flew over the city of Kalisz towards Czestochowa and headed east. After that, the airliner circled several times over the cities of Lublin and Zamosc. Over the same settlements, located near the border with Ukraine, the second "Sentry" of the US Air Force was seen. The aircraft with the call sign NOVA02 flew over the Polish town of Staleva Wola and began circling along the Polish-Ukrainian border. According to the portal, an American Boeing flew over the city of Cieszanow, the distance from which to the border with Ukraine is only six kilometers.

Earlier it was reported that a strategic reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle of the US Air Force was spotted in the Black Sea against the backdrop of a call from representatives of Kyiv to strike at targets in Russia. The device was collecting intelligence data for 14 hours.