NATO fighters scrambled three times in week to intercept Russian planes over Baltic States
Last week, NATO fighter jets serving as the Alliance's air police in the Baltic States took to the air three times to detect and escort Russian aircraft that violated flight rules.
According to Censor.NET, citing LRT, this was stated by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.
It is noted that on March 10, Alliance fighters took to the air to identify an An-72 transport aircraft flying in international airspace.
On March 12, they escorted two Russian Su-27 fighters, two Tu-22 supersonic bombers, and one Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft.
On the same day, NATO aircraft flew to identify two Tu-22s and two Su-27s, and an Il-18 passenger jet was also identified.
The Russian planes were flying with their radar responders turned off, without flight plans, and often did not maintain radio communication with the Regional Air Traffic Control Center, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said.
The Alliance's air policing mission in the Baltic States is carried out from Lithuania and Estonia.
