Nato jets scramble four times in a week to intercept Russian planes as Putin takes aim at Baltics
French fighter jets have been deployed four times in one week to intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace.
Authorities scrambled four Rafale B fighters as part of an “enhanced Air Policing Mission” over the Baltic Sea.
The French crew identified and escorted six Russian aircraft operating near Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
The high-stakes operations were carried out from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania where France is heading up Nato‘s air policing efforts.
Footage released by French military shows Rafale fighter jets tracking a Russian Il-20M electronic intelligence aircraft alongside a Su-30SM fighter.
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