The episode occurs after a series of incursions of Russian devices in the airspace of European countries. This Sunday, September 21, German combat planes were sent to intercept a Russian surveillance plane that flew over the Baltic Sea without being identified, according to German weekly died and German military officers cited by Associated Press.
Two Eurofighter German aircraft that had taken off from the Rostock-Laage military base were deployed in the international airspace to monitor and photograph a Russian-20M recognition plane, said officials of the Sweden and German Air Force.
Russian airplanes in the Estonian sky
The latter added that the Russian device was flying without providing a flight and radiorigio trajectory to inform its presence. After intercepting this plane, the German Eurofighter escorted it before Grippes of the Swedish Air Force took over.
The countries belonging to NATO and the European Union are on an strengthened alert against Moscow’s activities. On Friday, three MIG-31 Russian combat planes penetrated without authorization and for ten minutes in the Airspace of Estonia and an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council must be held on this topic on Monday.
Last week, Poles and Dutch airplanes of NATO had demolished Russian drones over Poland.
Source: BFM TV
