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| Denmark escorts two Russian aircraft over the North Sea | |
| 2023-08-15 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On the night of August 14, Danish Air Force fighter jets took to the skies to escort two Russian aircraft over the North Sea in international airspace, the Danish Ministry of Defense said. “F-16 fighters of the Danish Ministry of Defense were in the air until the morning to identify two Russian aircraft in international airspace over the North Sea,” the message posted on the department’s page on the social network X (Twitter) said. At the same time, the Danish Ministry of Defense clarified that Russian aircraft did not enter the country's airspace. In June 2023, the RAF reported that British and Swedish fighter jets had intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft and fighter jet near Sweden. At the same time, it was also noted that Russian aircraft did not enter Swedish airspace. In addition, the report indicated that the actions of their crews were professional. In May 2023, the Joint Aerospace Defense Command of North America announced that it had fighter jets in the air to intercept Russian aircraft near Alaska. It was alleged that NORAD specialists spotted a group of combat vehicles, consisting of Tu-95, Il-78 and Su-35. The Russian Ministry of Defense has previously repeatedly noted that all flights of aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation are carried out in strict accordance with current international standards.
A spokesperson for the Dutch Royal Airforce said that planes are intercepted if they do not have a unique identifying code, did not provide a flight plan, and if there is no two-way conversation. He also said that it's not rare for Russian airplanes to violate a European country's airspace or approach it. | |
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