German fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, as the newly-enlarged NATO alliance seeks to bolster its deterrence of potential aggression by Moscow in north-eastern Europe.
Idag har vår incidentrote genomfört visuell identifiering (VID) av en Rysk IL-20 (signalspaning) som flög in i svensk flyginformationsregion (FIR) sydost Blekinge. VID genomfördes tillsammans med 2 tyska Eurofighters i beredskap från Nato som startade från Laage i 🇩🇪 #flygvapnet pic.twitter.com/4WIOWyMxRo
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The Russian Il-20 aircraft, was spotted by Swedish forces, after which two German Eurofighter aircraft scrambled to meet it, flying out of an air base close to the German town of Laage.
The Russian plane flew into Swedish airspace southeast of the Blekinge area, close to the strategic island of Gotland.
This is a breaking story and will be updated shortly.
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