Overseas Network, July 31. On the 30th local time, NATO issued a statement stating that it had urgently dispatched two fighters to intercept four Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea.
According to the United States International News Agency, NATO issued a statement on the 30th, saying that their radar system tracked multiple unidentified aircraft leaving Kaliningrad, Russia on the 29th, and then urgently dispatched a Spanish European fighter plane and an Italian F- The 35 fighter took off to intercept and identify the target.
The confirmed air targets are two Russian Il-22PP electronic fighters, a Su-24 fencer fighter, and an Il-76 transport aircraft.
NATO stated that “the air and sea lanes in the Baltic Sea are crowded and there is a large amount of civilian traffic. Therefore, aircraft that do not comply with international air safety regulations pose a potential threat to civilian traffic.” However, NATO also emphasized that Russian military aircraft did not enter the airspace of NATO countries.
Russia has not yet commented on this matter.
(Overseas Net Yao Kaihong)