Event 8ffb2ead-9270-466c-a543-069b331f1e68

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Aviation Country: Estonia Country: Russia Country: NATO Country: Baltic Sea Region Country: Unknown Attack Type: Airspace Violation

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609631531/number-of-nato-and-russian-pl...

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Event Time

9mo ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Number of NATO and Russian planes over Baltic Sea at the same time

Short Summary: Russian strategic bombers and NATO fighter jets were present over the Baltic Sea at the same time, with NATO aircraft monitoring Russian maneuvers over neutral airspace.

Description

A large formation of Russian and NATO aircraft were simultaneously present over the Baltic Sea as Russian strategic bombers conducted a scheduled flight escorted by fighters, with NATO planes arriving to monitor their activities. The flights occurred over neutral international waters; no airspace violations were reported.

Evidence

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A large number of Russian and NATO aircraft were flying simultaneously over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea as Russian strategic bombers carried out a scheduled flight escorted by fighter jets, while NATO fighter jets arrived to monitor their activities.

Russian aircraft had been flying in accordance with international regulations, and there had been no incursion into the airspace of any NATO state.

No airspace violation was reported during the incident.

Related URLs

https://news.err.ee/1609631531/number-of-nato-and-russian-planes-over-baltic-sea-at-the-same-time

Source

https://news.err.ee/1609631531/number-of-nato-and-russian-planes-over-baltic-sea-at-the-same-time

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