Aircraft of the British Royal air force Typhoon was scrambled to intercept the aircraft of Russian air force over the North sea. About it reports The Daily Mail.
According to military, fighters took off from air bases Lossiemouth (Scotland) after the radar has detected targets in close airspace in the UK. However, the Russian pilots changed course and the interception did not take place.
16 September, two transport aircraft Il-76 of Russian air force, flying from Rostov to Kaliningrad region over neutral waters of the Baltic sea, in two minutes it was in the airspace of Lithuania. In this regard, on September 18, the Lithuanian foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Alexander Udaltsov and handed him a protest note.
The defense Ministry explained that the crew asked Vilnius for this maneuver to bypass the storm front. “After obtaining permission from the aircraft momentarily deviated from the route, and having flown around the dangerous area, immediately returned to the main route,” — noted in the Department.
In late April, it was reported that NATO fighters in the past year rose into the air from bases in Europe 780 times to identify and escort Russian aircraft.