The Russian Federation has once again violated airspace over Europe. The Air Force reported the incident on social media on Saturday. GermanOn Saturday before 12 o'clock the German Luftwaffe Air Force reported an “alarm in the area Baltic Sea“.
In order to “secure the Alliance's airspace”, quick reaction fighters stationed in the area that has been part of the Alliance since this year were scrambled. NATO Sweden and allied machines, the release said.
Germany. “Alarm in the Baltic Sea Region”. Immediate NATO Response
The Baltic Air Policing program aircraft were monitoring the flight of a Russian Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft. “The aircraft was flying without a flight plan or contact with civilian air traffic control,” it was reported.
Russians provoke over the Baltic Sea. Two Eurofighters in action
A similar incident took place in July, when Sweden and Finland intercepted two Russian Federation fighter jets over the Baltic Sea.
The countries took two planes into the air. “A photo provided by NATO showed that the Russian fighters were clearly not carrying any weapons,” it said.
The Russians also violated Swedish airspace east of Gotland in mid-June. two Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighterswhich scared off the Russian Su-24 combat aircraft and escorted him to the borders of international space. In turn, at the beginning of July, a Russian plane violated the airspace Lithuania. The local ones Foreign Office demanded from Moscow explanations.
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