After detecting the presence of German army aircraft, the Russian aircraft turned and headed towards the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Lithuania and Poland.
A Russian aircraft was intercepted on Thursday by German Air Force Eurofighter fighters at the Baltic International Airspace, the German Ministry of Defense said on Friday.
“I can confirm that the Air Force intervened yesterday [quinta-feira] Because an unidentified aircraft flew over the Baltic Sea in international airspace, without a flight plan or transponder sign, “said Natalie Jenning Ministry spokesman at a press conference in Berlin.
“Our Eurofighters identified him properly and escorted him out of this airspace,” added Jenning, stressing that the Russian aircraft was not in German airspace.
According to the German media, the German Air Force aircraft was an IL-20m Russian IL-20M recognition vehicle.
After detecting the presence of German army aircraft, the Russian aircraft turned and headed towards the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Lithuania and Poland, according to German public broadcaster Ard.
“Relatively common procedure”
Without providing details about the number of times German aircraft recently intervened to repel Russian air units, Jenning said this is “a relatively common procedure.”
