This is the moment British and German warplanes intercepted two Russian jets and a spy plane over the Baltic Sea in the latest tense encounter in the skies between Moscow and the West.
Germany and Britain sent Eurofighter jets to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and one Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft, the German air force said on Twitter.
‘Reconnaissance flights intercepted. German and British Eurofighters were alerted to identify three military aircraft. The two SU-27 Flankers and a IL-20 from Russia were flying again without transponder signals in international airspace over the Baltic Sea,’ said the air force.
As a NATO member, Germany participates in monitoring the air space over the Baltic states.
Germany handed over responsibility for NATO’s Baltic air policing mission to Britain earlier this month. NATO allies pitch in to protect the air space there because Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia do not have their own fighter jets.
Germany and Britain sent Eurofighter jets to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and one Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft (pictured)
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British and German warplanes intercepted two Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft (pictured)
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft is pictured over the Baltic Sea after being intercepted by UK and German warplanes
Security has been heightened for the Baltic states after Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
Russian military aircraft regularly fly from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad and back, meaning that such encounters are fairly routine in the region.
Indeed, Russian military jets have repeatedly strayed into the airspace over the Baltic Sea in recent months.
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