NATO Fighter Jets Scrambled To Intercept Russian Aircraft

Germany received help from ally Finland in identifying Russian aircraft not utilizing a flight plan.

German air force fighter jets have intercepted Russian aircraft reportedly operating 'without a flight plan and radio contact' above the Baltic Sea.Team Luftwaffe wrote on X on Tuesday morning that Eurofighter aircraft operating from Lielvarde, Latvia, as part of the NATO Air Policing Baltic Reinforcement mission had to conduct 'Alpha Scrambles' after being alerted about the Russian aircraft by the Combined Air Operations Centre at Uedem, Germany .

But the accession of Finland and Sweden into the transatlantic alliance has helped NATO thwart Russian ambitions, with U.S. ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith saying last week that Russia's 'malign activities' in the Baltic region are having the 'opposite effect' to that intended by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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