Fighters of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) scrambled after a Russian Il-20 aircraft appeared in the airspace over the Baltic Sea. This was reported on Thursday by the DPA agency.
Two Eurofighters took off from an airbase in Lage in northern Germany. According to the German side, the Il-20 did not make radio contact and was moving in international airspace with its transponders turned off. When exactly the incident occurred.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly stated that all flights by Russian military aircraft are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the reliability of Russian air defense exceeded 99%.
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