On February 24–March 2 NATO Air Policing Detachment in the Baltic states was alerted to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating international aviation regulations in international airspace over the Baltic Sea twice.
On February 24 NATO fighter aircraft identified and escorted one AN-26 flying in international airspace from Kaliningrad to the mainland of the Russian Federation, with its on-board transponder but without the pre-filed flight plan and not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On February 25 NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept one SU-24MR flying through international airspace from Kaliningrad and back, with its on-board transponder switched off, no flight plan and without maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
