"The British Air Force Typhoon fighters deployed in Lithuania as part of the NATO program completed the first interception of a Russian military aircraft," the report said.
RAF Typhoon fighter jets deployed to Lithuania as part of the @NATO Air Policing mission have carried out their first intercept of a Russian Military Aircraft off the Baltic coast.
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According to the British military, the Russian aircraft Il-20 was intercepted over the Baltic Sea.
Earlier, the head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Sergei Rudskoy, said that the United States and its allies had significantly increased military activity near Russian borders.