11 minutes agoFour Putin fighter aircraft breach NATO airspace
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)As tensions continue between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the West, four Russian combat aircraft have been caught flying into NATO airspace. A statement by the Italian Air Force (Aronautica Militar) says that warplanes rose from Kaliningrad before violating Polish airspace, reports The Sun. Russian planes later [...]
A statement by the Italian Air Force (Aronautica Militar) says that warplanes rose from Kaliningrad before violating Polish airspace, reports The Sun.
The Russian planes then flew across the Baltic Sea in the direction of Sweden before “due to” return to base.
Kaliningrad is part of the highly militarized territory separated from the leading Russian state and surrounded by Poland and Lithuania. Often, it is at the centre of tensions between Putin and NATO.
Exactly what kind of Russian aircraft were caught has not yet been confirmed by NATO. But, NATO and Russia remain at odds over Putin's war in Ukraine.
Poland is a member of the alliance, while Sweden this year signed protocols to join Putin's savage war in Ukraine.
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