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NATO Deploys Armed Fighter Jets to Intercept Russian Military Planes Flying over Baltic Sea
French Rafales joined fighters from five other countries as NATO said Russian planes flew for more than four hours without flight plans.
- On Monday, NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and about 10 escort fighters over the Baltic Sea, a muscular display of air power on the alliance's eastern flank.
- Russian security council secretary Sergei Shoigu alleged that Finland and Baltic states permitted Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian infrastructure, invoking Russia's "inherent right" to self-defense.
- The Russian mission included two supersonic Tu-22M3 bombers and about 10 escort fighters, prompting French Rafale jets from the IAULIAI AIR BASE in Lithuania to scramble.
- Western nations and Kyiv categorically dismissed the Russian accusations as groundless, while Hardline MP Andrei Kolesnik declared that Shoigu's warning was a "final" caution against acting with "impunity".
- Sweden's Chief of Defence Michael Claesson warned that Russia is plotting to seize an island to challenge NATO, identifying Sweden's Gotland, Denmark's Bornholm, and Estonia's Hiiumaa as territories at risk.
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The Independent (US)NATO fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft
Multiple aircraft were all tasked with monitoring the Russian formation
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