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During NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea: Russia's fighter jets allegedly penetrate Swedish airspace

2022-06-13T03:09:11.010Z


During NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea: Russia's fighter jets allegedly penetrate Swedish airspace Created: 06/13/2022, 04:56 By: Hannes Niemeyer The Ukraine war and the discussion about Sweden joining NATO are raging. In the middle of it, three Russian jets are said to have entered Swedish airspace. Stockholm - Worrying incident on Thursday. Three planes from the Russian military are said to


During NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea: Russia's fighter jets allegedly penetrate Swedish airspace

Created: 06/13/2022, 04:56

By: Hannes Niemeyer

The Ukraine war and the discussion about Sweden joining NATO are raging.

In the middle of it, three Russian jets are said to have entered Swedish airspace.

Stockholm - Worrying incident on Thursday.

Three planes from the Russian military are said to have entered Swedish airspace on Thursday.

This is reported by the Swedish daily

Dagens Nyheter

, citing an insider.

The incident happened during the annual Baltops naval exercise, which has been taking place in the Baltic Sea since 1971 as a major NATO exercise and is organized by the US Navy.

Parallel to the NATO exercise, Russia also launched a military exercise in Kaliningrad that is scheduled to run until June 18.

During NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea: Three Russia jets probably spotted in Swedish airspace

According to the newspaper, the incident happened on Thursday around noon.

Accordingly, a Russian II-20 signal reconnaissance aircraft, together with two Su-27 fighter jets, entered the airspace near the exercise.

An event that falls at a politically critical time.

Not just because the Ukraine war is raging.

But also because Sweden is currently trying to join NATO, which would be a thorn in Russia's side.

The accession plans have so far been blocked by Turkey's President Erdogan.

The report goes on to say that the Russian airmen are said to have flown at low altitude over the US amphibious ship USS Kearsarge, which is participating in the exercise, in the Visby terminal area.

The source of the Dagens Nyheter suspects that the aviators were commissioned to photograph the amphibious ship.

The jets are said to have appeared several times in the northern area of ​​the participation area.

An action that would violate civil aviation laws.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet (archive image).

Two such machines and a signal reconnaissance aircraft are said to have entered Swedish airspace on Thursday.

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British Ministry Of Defense / Ha

Russian fighter jets in Swedish airspace?

Military spokesman comments

In the area in question, all aircraft must announce their arrival in the airspace beforehand in order not to threaten civil air traffic and also to avoid possible accidents with other machines.

According to the report, however, the Russian pilots never registered.

The Russian machines are said to have been on the move without a transponder, which is why they did not appear on the radar and could not be observed by air traffic control.

However, the local military only wants to confirm to Dagens Nyheter that Russian vehicles are said to have been in the air in connection with the exercise.

Swedish planes are said to have also started to pursue them.

According to Erik Karlsson, spokesman for the Swedish military forces, one can only confirm the flight activities of Russian planes outside the Swedish territorial borders.

Initially, there was no confirmation that the three planes actually entered the airspace.

However, it would not be the first time in the recent past that such an event has happened.

Russian fighter jets only entered the airspace of Sweden and Denmark in early May.

(han)

Source: merkur

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