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A Russian reconnaissance plane entered international airspace over the Baltic Sea without contacting air traffic control. Interceptors from the German and Swedish air forces and NATO air traffic control in the Baltic states took off on Friday evening to escort a Russian IL-20M aircraft, the Luftwaffe said on Saturday.
Russian planes fly over the Baltic Sea
In mid-June, a Russian SU-24 bomber flew over the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, about 350 kilometers from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.. Welt newspaper recalled that two Swedish fighter jets were sent to remove the Russian aircraft from the airspace.
Russia’s February 2022 attack on Ukraine led to Finland and Sweden joining NATO in 2023 and 2024. Since then, all Baltic states, except Russia, have become members of the Western military alliance.
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