A Russian reconnaissance plane entered international airspace over the Baltic Sea without communicating with air traffic controllers, prompting the German and Swedish air forces to raise fighter jets to intercept them.
German and Swedish fighter jets took off to escort the Russian Il-20M jet.
The plane was in airspace near the German island of Rügen “without a flight plan or contact with civil air traffic control.”
Last week, the German Air Force, in cooperation with the Swedish Air Force, scrambled planes in response to Russian fighter jets flying near the Latvian border.
Earlier it was announced that two US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers have arrived in Romania and will make flights from that country for the first time.
In July, Finnish and Swedish pilots intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, writes Ukrainska Pravda.
Photo: Team Luftwaffe/X
