Russian military plane entered airspace over Baltic Sea on Sunday, Germanys air force says | Latest Travel News
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (GWN) -Germany’s air force on Sunday morning despatched two Eurofighters to monitor a Russian IL-20m military plane that had entered impartial airspace over the Baltic Sea, it said, before handing the escort over to NATO companions in Sweden.
“Once again, our quick reaction alert force, consisting of two Eurofighters, was tasked by NATO with investigating an unidentified aircraft without a flight plan or radio contact in international airspace,” Germany’s air force said in a assertion.
“It was a Russian IL-20M reconnaissance aircraft. After visual identification, we handed over escort duties for the aircraft to our Swedish NATO partners and returned to Rostock-Laage.”
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NATO’s North Atlantic Council will meet on Tuesday to focus on Russia’s violation of Estonian airspace, two officers acquainted with the matter told GWN on Sunday.
Tallinn said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets had entered Estonian airspace without permission on Friday and stayed for a whole of 12 minutes before they had been pressured to withdraw.
(Reporting by Klaus Lauer and Christoph Steitz; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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