British fighters twice rose on Tuesday, April 15. Spochaka for Identifice Rosіyskii il-20m, Yaki Vikoristovyt for the dispute is the radio technician rose.
On the same day, NATO aircraft was raised to intercept two Russian combat fighters of the Su-30MKI, who also left the airspace of the Kalinigrad region.
The third time the British Typhoon took off to intercept and identify an unknown aircraft near the NATO space over the Baltic Sea.
The speaker of 140 expeditionary airplane explained that the Russian plane did not get in touch, so after intercepting the British pilots monitored his movement.
The British Armed Forces explained that the country's contingent carries out increased patrolling of NATO airspace as part of the Chessman operation. The kingdom staff is located at an air base in Poland along with the Military Sweden.
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NATO fighters regularly intercept over the Baltic Sea Russian planes.
According to NATO, in 2023 the NATO Air Force throughout Europe rose more than 300 times into the air to intercept Russian military aircraft, which “unpredictably” approached the airspace of the alliance. At the same time, Russian aircraft systematically did not transmit the code of the transponder, which should indicate their position and height, did not report the flight plan and did not get in touch with the air traffic controllers. Most interceptions occurred above the Baltic Sea.
The Telegraph noted that Russia began to more aggressively check the air defense of NATO countries after an invasion of Ukraine. In November 2024, the alliance aviation intercepted over the North Sea a Russian bomber, heading towards Great Britain. In February 2025, the Norwegian F-35 fighters intercepted the two bombers and fighter in the northern polar circle accompanying them.
