On May 11 – 17, 2020, NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states carried out one alert scramble to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On May 12 NATO fighter aircraft safeguarding the Baltic airspace intercepted one TU-134 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia without the flight plan, with its onboard transponder on, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
Related image, credit: Antanas Giedrimas/Lithuanian Air Force
