Baltic Sea: Eurofighter rises due to the Russian military machine

Due to a Russian military machine over the Baltic Sea, two Eurofighter of the Air Force have been alerted by NATO. The aircraft, which was initially not to be identified without a flight schedule and radio contact, moved in international airspace, as the Air Force announced on Sunday. Two Eurofighers then rose from the Rostock Laage base in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

According to the information, it was a Russian IL-20M Type reconnaissance aircraft, which was determined with so-called visual identification. The Russian aircraft has moved in international airspace and therefore did not injure airspace, said a spokesman for the Air Force. The accompaniment of the plane was therefore handed over to the NATO partner Sweden, the two Eurofighter then returned to Rostock Laage.

The situation in the Baltic Sea area is currently tense due to repeated suspected injuries to the NATO airspace by Russian aircraft. Russian drones had entered Poland and Romania’s airspace last week; There were 20 flight objects over Poland.

In addition, Russian aircraft had apparently penetrated the airspace of Estonia several times. The NATO Council will deal with the alleged violation of the Estonian airspace by three Russian fighter jets at the beginning of the week.

On Friday evening, Estonia had applied for consultations according to Article 4 of the NATO contract with the allies after reporting three Russian MIG 31 aircraft above the Estonian island of Vaindloo. Russia denied an injury to the NATO airspace by its aircraft.