“The crews of the Aerospace Force regularly carry out scheduled flights over the Baltic Sea from the mainland of Russia to the Kaliningrad Region and back,” the Interfax message states.
As emphasized, all flights are carried out in accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
Earlier in the Swedish Armed Forces stated that Russian aircraft allegedly violated the airspace of the southern border of the country on January 19.
On January 24, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian Su-27 was lifted into the air to intercept a Swedish reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea.