Today, two military aircraft of NATO member countries appeared over the Baltic Sea. In this regard, the Su-27 fighter was raised into the air, reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The fighter crew was tasked with identifying air targets and preventing them from violating the state border of the Russian Federation.. Russian pilots coped with these tasks. As it turned out, The R-ZS Orion patrol aircraft of the German Navy and the Atlantic-2 anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the French Navy appeared near the Russian border.
At first, these aircraft approached the state border, but then they made a U-turn and flew in the opposite direction. After that, the Russian fighter returned to the airfield., since the fact of violation of the state border of the Russian Federation was not recorded. The Defense Ministry noted, that the flight of the Russian aircraft was carried out in accordance with the norms of international rules.
note, that recently in the Baltic region there has been an increase in the activity of aircraft of the air forces of the countries participating in the North Atlantic Alliance. Western states are increasing the presence of their military aviation near the borders of the Russian state, in connection with which the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are also forced to increase their capabilities in this direction. It is not excluded, that such flights of Western military aircraft are aimed at "probing" the capabilities of Russian aviation in terms of providing air defense of the country's western borders. used photos:Russian Ministry of Defense
