On June 8–14 the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment was alerted in response to international flight regulation violations five times and patrolled the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian border with the Russian Federation and Belarus four times.
On June 8 NATO fighter aircraft were scrambled to patrol over the eastern part of Latvia: to identify a potential drone. Fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states identified and destroyed a drone.
On June 8 NATO fighter jets were alerted to patrol over Latvia.
On June 10 NATO fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept one SU34 and one SU-24MR flying from Kaliningrad and back via international airspace. Their onboard transponders were switched off, the crews had no flight plans and were not maintaining radio communication with the Regional Air Traffic Control Centre.
On June 10 NATO fighter aircraft were dispatched to identify and escort one SU-30 flying through international airspace from Kaliningrad and back. Its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew had no flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre. While on the same scramble, NATO fighter aircraft also intercepted one AN-30 flying via international airspace from Kaliningrad and back. Its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew had no flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication.
On June 11 NATO fighter jets were alerted to intercept one IL-20 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad via international airspace. Its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew had no flight plan but was maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On June 11 aircraft of the NATO Air Policing Detachment identified and escorted one AN-72 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad. Its onboard transponder was switched on, the crew had no flight plan bur maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On June 12 NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept one SU-34 flying via international airspace from Kaliningrad and back. Its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew had no flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication.
On June 13 NATO fighter aircraft were dispatched twice to identify an aerial target over Lithuania.
