On May 30 – June 5, fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled 2 times to patrol the Baltic airspace border with the Russian Federation and Belarus and to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea that were flying in violation of international aviation flight rules.
On June 2 the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission fighter detachment jets intercepted one IL-20 flying from the mainland of the Russian Federation to Kaliningrad with its onboard transponder switched off, without a pre-filed flight plan, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On June 3 NATO fighter aircraft intercepted one TU-134 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia with its onboard transponder turned on, according to a pre-filed flight plan, maintaining radio communication.
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