British fighters have intercepted a Russian spider aircraft over the Baltic

The Polish Armed Forces Operational Command reports that British fighter jets were intercepted by a Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft on Friday, which violated the airspace over the Baltic Sea.

Source: The statement of the Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Poland, which is reported by “European Truth”

Details: According to the Polish side, on June 13, at about 10:50 IL-20 violated airspace over the Baltic Sea. He was intercepted by two British fighters stationed in Poland.

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“This is another case of provocative testing of the readiness of NATO countries,” the message reads.

The Polish Armed Forces added that the appropriate NATO command was informed of the incident.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that Russia violates the airspace of the Alliance. Only this week Finland said this.

In addition, two Russian reconnaissance planes recently were intercepted British fighters based in Poland.