Russian military aircraft have approached Latvia’s border 109 times this year
Pravda Ukraine
A total of 109 incidents of Russian military aircraft approaching the external border of Latvia’s territorial waters have been recorded over the Baltic Sea this year.
Source: Latvian news agency LETA by the National Armed Forces of Latvia, as reporteed by European Pravda citing Delfi
Details: Last year, 159 cases were recorded.
For example, this week, the Air Force reported that NATO patrol aircraft took off from the Lielvārde Air Base and went to identify a Russian Il-20 aircraft that regularly flies over the Baltic Sea without a transponder or flight plan.
In June, Sweden recorded a violation of its airspace by a Russian Su-24 bomber for the first time since it became a full NATO member.
Prior to that, Finland reported a similar incident, which was also the first such case since the country joined NATO last year.
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