On July 24, Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets intercepted and identified 10 Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
The RAF Typhoons from were launched as a large formation of Russian planes flew close to the Estonian airspace (most probably going to or returning from Kaliningrad Oblast).
According to the UK MoD, once airborne, the RAF jets identified the planes as being four Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback attack planes, four Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound fighters and two Antonov An-26 Curl transport aircraft.
The planes appeared to be carrying out a variety of routine training.
Russian activity in the Baltic region has increased in the last few days. On July 29, NATO interceptors identified 12 Russian military aircraft flying near the Latvian border: three An-76 and one Il-76 cargo planes, four MiG-31s and four Su-24s, were detected flying near the Latvian outer sea border above the Baltic Sea in international airspace.
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