Russia spy plane intercepted in NATO airspace: alliance by Staff Writers Brussels (AFP) Oct 22, 2014 NATO fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea after it breached Estonian airspace, the alliance said Wednesday in the latest of such incidents amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine. The Ilyushin IL-20 intelligence collection aircraft, which took off from the Russian Baltic coast enclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday, was first intercepted by Danish F-16 jets when it approached Denmark, NATO said in a statement. It then flew north towards non-NATO member Sweden which also sent jets to intercept the plane
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:39:59 +0000
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