This is not the first such incident since the beginning of this year.
German< /strong> the air force scrambled its fighters due to a violation of airspace by a Russian military aircraft.
This is stated in the message Team Luftwaffe.
“Our Euro fighters from VAPB took off today from Lielvarde, Latvia to intercept a Russian COOT-A (IL-20) over the Baltic Sea, moving without a transponder,” the message reads.
This is not the first such incident since the beginning of this year.
In January, the Germans scrambled fighters to escort a Russian spy plane off the island of Rügen in international airspace, after which it returned back to the east. Then he also moved without the transponder turned on.
Recall that it was previously reported that the head of the German region admitted that her friendship with Russia was a mistake.
In addition, we previously informed that German companies are helping the Russian Federation rebuild occupied Mariupol.
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