On December 13 – 19 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On December 14 the fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states intercepted one AN-12 flying from the mainland of the Russian Federation to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder on, without a pre-filed flight plan and without maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre. NATO fighter jets also intercepted one TU-134 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder on, without the flight, keeping radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
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