Germany and Great Britain have intercepted three Russian military reconnaissance planes over the Baltic Sea, the German Air Force announced on Wednesday April 26.
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“Reconnaissance flights intercepted. German and British Eurofighters were alerted to identify three military aircraft. The two Russian SU-27 Flankers and an IL-20 were again flying without transponder signals in international airspace over the Baltic Sea »the Air Force said on Twitter.
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Germany and Great Britain participate within the framework of NATO in the surveillance of the airspace above the Baltic States.
Incidents that multiply
Incidents involving Russian planes and aircraft from NATO countries have multiplied in recent years, even before the start of the conflict in Ukraine. A similar interception took place on April 17.
They often took place over the Baltic Sea, but also in the Black Sea and elsewhere.
Panic among NATO spies!
The Norwegian army says it tracked and identified on Tuesday, as part of a NATO mission, a Russian squad made up of two Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers, two Il-78 Midas tankers and three MIG fighters. -31 Foxhound in international airspace in the Barents Sea.
In March, the Russian air force intercepted an American Reaper MQ-9 drone in the Black Sea, which had crashed in the waters. The incident caused a brief escalation of tensions between Washington and Moscow.
