Urgent take-off of German pursuers over Russian Baltic intelligence aircraft

Two pursuers of its Air Force took off urgently Germany from base in the state of Schleswig-Holstein at the weekend as well Russian reconnaissance aircraft was located in the Balticaccording to information from the German Agency.

The Russian Air Force aircraft was in international airspace above the island of Rügen. The pursuers approached him and accompanied him until he left Germany.

Russian aircraft also violated Danish airspaceforcing the Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen to summon the ambassador of the Russian Federation to protest.

Both Denmark and Sweden argue that a Russian Antonov AN-30 aircraft violated the airspace of both countries on Friday night. It flew east of the Danish island of Bornholm, in the Baltic, off the southeast coast of Sweden, as reported by the German Agency and the Athens News Agency.

In early March, four Russian fighter jets violated Swedish airspace.

THE Russian military invasion of Ukraine, on 24 February, prompted Sweden, as well as neighboring Finland, to drastically change their stance on possible NATO membership. The two Nordic countries are now expected to join the military alliance in the summer.

Source: News Beast

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