On December 5–11 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 flying in violation of international aviation flight rules.
On December 5 NATO Air Policing fighter aircraft intercepted one IL-76 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad via international airspace, its onboard transponder was off, the crew had no flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
