According to the British Air Force, there were reconnaissance flights yesterday and today. Aircraft from the Finnish, Swedish, British, Portuguese and Romanian air forces participated in the operation.
Britain’s according to the Air Force Several Russian planes flew over the Gulf of Finland and the North Baltic Sea yesterday and today.
Fighters from the air forces of Sweden and several NATO countries followed the Russian planes, which included a reconnaissance plane, two transport planes, three fighters and a few bombers
According to British information, the Finnish Air Force was involved in the identification flight today.
The Russian planes remained in international airspace and at least some of them were on their way to Russia’s Kaliningrad base.
According to the British Air Force, the Russians had not announced the movements of the planes in advance according to the rules of flight information areas.
The Romanian and Portuguese fighters involved in following the Russian planes took off from the Lithuanian air base, the British planes from Estonia.
NATO is responsible for the air defense of the Baltic countries, and in addition to that, NATO is currently conducting a naval exercise in the Baltic Sea.
He was the first in Finland to tell about identification flights Helsingin sanomat newspaper.
Sources: RAF, AFP