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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 13, 2019, 08:17:58 pm

Title: Russian fighter jets push NATO war plane away
Post by: TomSea on August 13, 2019, 08:17:58 pm
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Russian fighter jets push NATO war plane away
Reuters, Moscow Tuesday, 13 August 2019

Russian fighter jets pushed away a NATO war plane after it tried to approach Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s plane over neutral waters in the Baltic Sea, TASS news agency reported.

The plane was flying from Kaliningrad to Moscow and was carrying a TASS reporter on board, the report said.

Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2019/08/13/Russia-says-NATO-war-plane-approached-Russian-plane-over-Baltic.html (https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2019/08/13/Russia-says-NATO-war-plane-approached-Russian-plane-over-Baltic.html)

Upon seeing Kaliningrad (a detached part of Russia over near Poland/Lithuania) this should not be a big deal.

(https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/kaliningrad.jpeg)

I've never heard of this happening before.