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NATO afskar to russiske Su-30-kampfly på vej til Kaliningrad med slukkede transpondere.
Den 8. juli 2026 blev NATO's Baltic Air Policing-jagerfly sendt på vingerne for at afskære to russiske Su-30-kampfly, der fløj fra det russiske fastland mod Kaliningrad-eksklaven. Begge russiske fly bevægede sig gennem internationalt luftrum over Østersøen. Ifølge Litauens forsvarsministerium var deres indbyggede transpondere slukket. Ingen af flyene havde på forhånd indleveret en flyveplan. Besætningerne opretholdt dog radiokommunikation med det regionale flyvekontrolcenter under flyvningen. NATO-jagerfly afskar og identificerede de russiske fly som led i Baltic Air Policing-missionen, der beskytter Estland, Letland og Litauen. Litauen registrerede formelt episoden blandt ugens reaktioner på overtrædelser af internationale flyveregler. Brugen af kampfly med slukkede transpondere og uden indleverede flyveplaner gør det vanskeligere at integrere militær trafik med civil luftfart over Østersøen. Episoden fandt sted i en særlig aktiv måned, hvor NATO-jagerfly gentagne gange blev sendt på vingerne mod russiske fly, der bevægede sig mellem det russiske fastland og Kaliningrad.
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- 2026-07-08T07:16:49Z
On 8 July 2026, NATO Baltic Air Policing fighters scrambled to intercept two Russian Su-30 combat aircraft flying from mainland Russia toward the Kaliningrad exclave. Both Russian aircraft were travelling through international airspace over the Baltic Sea. According to Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence, their onboard transponders were switched off. Neither aircraft had submitted a flight plan in advance. The crews nevertheless maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre during the flight. NATO fighters intercepted and identified the Russian aircraft as part of the Baltic Air Policing mission protecting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Lithuania formally recorded the episode among the week’s responses to violations of international flight regulations. The use of combat aircraft with transponders disabled and without filed flight plans increases the difficulty of integrating military traffic with civilian aviation operating over the Baltic. The episode came during a particularly active month in which NATO fighters were repeatedly scrambled against Russian aircraft travelling between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad.