On May 20–26 fighter aircraft of the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment were scrambled once to patrol over the borderline between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with the Russian Federation and Belarus, and twice intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
On May 20 fighter aircraft of the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment were scrambled to identify and escort one IL-20 flying in international airspace from the mainland of the Russian Federation to Kaliningrad, without the pre-filed flight plan, with its onboard transponder switched on, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On May 23 NATO fighter jets were scrambled to patrol the airspace over the border of Lithuanian, Latvia and Estonia with the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On May 23 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one AN-26 flying through international airspace from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia. The aircraft had no flight plan, its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew was maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
