On February 19–25 NATO Air Policing Mission fighter aircraft were scrambled once to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On February 21 NATO Air Policing in the Baltic States Detachment fighter jets intercepted one IL-78 flying without a pre-filed flight plan, its onboard transponder switched on and in communication with the regional air traffic control centre from Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation to the mainland.
