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Another Ilyushin 20 flying without a detection signal was spotted over the Baltic Sea. (Archive photo) © Maxim Kuzovkov/Imago
Incident over the Baltic Sea: A German Air Force Eurofighter intercepts a reconnaissance aircraft from Russia.
Riga – The German Air Force says it intercepted a Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea. Eurofighter fighter jets took off from the Latvian base in Lielvarde on Saturday (April 6) to intercept an IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft, the Air Force said in online service X. The machine was therefore traveling without a transponder signal.
As part of NATO, Germany participates in air surveillance over the Baltic states, which do not have their own combat aircraft. There have been several incidents with Russian military aircraft in the Baltic Sea region in the past. (afp)