Russia violates NATO airspace: Mirage jets intercept planes over the Baltic Sea. NATO Air Command and the General Staff of the French Armed Forces have now made public an incident on Thursday, February 29th.
On Twitter they are spreading videos of an interception mission by two Mirage 2000-5s. The two jets took off from their base and then accompanied two other aircraft, believed to be Russian SU-30-Ms. NATO says these two jets were intercepted over theBaltic Sea; according to the French, it was the coast of Latvia in the Baltics. The jets from Paris also took care of an Il-20 – a reconnaissance aircraft called “Coot” by NATO – and an An-72 transport aircraft.