NATO fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft over Baltic states three times in a week
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Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:02:22 +0200
NATO fighter jets conducting air patrol missions in the Baltic States carried out three sorties over last week to detect and escort Russian aircraft violating flight rules.
Source Lithuanias Ministry of Defence, as reported by European Pravda Details The Ministry of Defence reported that NATO fighter jets conducted a sortie on 10 March to intercept a Russian An72 military transport aircraft flying in international airspace.
On 12 March, they escorted two Russian Su27 fighters, two supersonic Tu22 bombers and one Il20 reconnaissance aircraft.
Later that same day, NATO planes were again dispatched to identify two Tu22 bombers and two Su27 fighters, as well as a passenger Il18 aircraft.
The Russian aircraft was flying with its radar transponder switched off, without flight plans and often failed to maintain radio contact with the regional area control centre RFC, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence added.
Background In late February, French Rafale fighters intercepted two Russian aircraft off the coast of Latvia. Prior to that, Norwegian F35s intercepted a Russian bomber group in the High North.
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