Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Poland doesn't need anyone else's permission to defend their own airspace.
I suspect that their engagement geometry may have risked the engagement / impact / intercept happening outside of their airspace and thus into Russian airspace...so they chose not to shoot.
Good news.
In line with what I was thinking. Countries are sovereign in their own actions and are certainly not constrained by any NATO doctrine as that vlogger claimed.