NATO aircraft intercept Russian fighters over the Baltic Sea
Russian and French fighter jets (Photo: NATOs Allied Air Command)

Two French Mirage 2000-5 aircraft intercepted two Russian Su-30M fighters and an An-72 transport plane over the Baltic Sea, as reported by NATO Allied Air Command on its page on the social network X.

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"Check out how it looks, when two French Mirage 2000-5 intercept two Russian Su-30-M aircraft over the Baltic Sea yesterday," the statement reads.

Immediately after, the French fighters intercepted a Russian An-72 transport aircraft in international airspace north of Poland.

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