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According to the publication, the fighter is part of the Vikas 19 squad and is based until August 31 at a Lithuanian base in the Šiauliai region.

The Vikas 19 squad consists of five F-18 fighter jets and more than 100 Spanish Air Force personnel.

Earlier it became known that the F-18 NATO fighter tried to approach the board of the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.

The pilots accompanying the aircraft of the Minister of Su-27 did not allow the F-18 to come close to the liner, pushing it out.

The Ministry of Defense published footage of what happened.

NATO confirmed that the alliance fighter approached a Russian aircraft to identify it.