NATO fighters intercepted Russian planes over Europe four times in a week

Last week, between November 10 and 16, NATO fighter jets escorted Russian aircraft that violated flight rules over the Baltic States four times. This was reported to by the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense.

on November 10, NATO air patrol fighters were alerted to escort Su-24 and Su-33 fighters flying in international airspace from mainland Russia toward the Kaliningrad region. The planes had their transponders disabled, no flight plan, and were not in contact with the Regional Air Traffic Control Center.

on November 11 and 13, NATO planes flew to inspect an "unidentified object" in Lithuanian airspace, but it was never detected.

on November 14, Russian Su-24MR and Su-33 aircraft were spotted. As in the previous case, there was no communication with them. NATO aircraft escorted them in the sky.

• on November 10, President Zelenskyy said that drone attacks on Europe and the flights of Russian planes are a test by the Kremlin of the EU and US response to the threat.
• On November 17, it became known that Russian drones that flew into Poland on September 10, could have been packed with explosives.