Two Swedish combat planes under the command of NATO were scrambled on Thursday by the Baltic Sea To escort a Russian recognition plane that approached the Polish airspace, Sweden’s armed forces said, which marked at least the third time in approximately one week that Russian airplanes had intercepted in the region.
“The plane was close to the Polish airspace, so we got up to point out our presence, make a visual identification and escort it out of the area,” Swedish Air Force spokeswoman, Therese Akerstedt told the spokeswoman for the Swedish Air Force.
Swedish aircraft, based in Malbork, Poland under the NATO command, identified the plane as a COOT Russian IL-20 recognition plane. Toke place mission in international airspace, Swedish officials said.
The Armed Forces published images of the operation on social networks.
Sweden joined NATO in March 2024.
The incident developed only a few days after Great Britain said he had sent two of his combat planes to intercept Russian combat planes on the Baltic Sea. The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain said in a statement that the typhons fighters were fought to intercept a Russian recognition plane IL-20 COOT last Tuesday, and two days later, the Jets intercepted an unknown plane that came out of Kalinningrad airspace.
“With the Russian aggression that grow and the increasing security threats, we are moving forward to reassure our allies, deter adversaries and protect our national security,” said Luke Pollard, Minister of the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard.
Tensions about the Baltic Sea have a high performance from the large scale of Russia Invasion of Ukraine In 2022.