00:02NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday.
00:08French Rafale fighters were deployed from a Lithuanian airbase where they are stationed as part of a long NATO effort
00:15in place
00:16since the three Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, joined the alliance in 2004.
00:22There's a lot of traffic from the Russian and there are plenty of times in which, on purpose or not,
00:30they are not really respecting the ICAO,
00:33the International Civil Aviation Organization rules regarding flight plans and behaviour.
00:39So obviously we are forced to take off and just make sure that they are who they say they are
00:45and their intention is peaceful and just transitioning back to their home airfields.
00:52The Lithuanian defence minister stated that last week NATO aircraft had scrambled on four occasions to intercept Russian aircraft
01:01that had failed to comply with flight regulations by switching off their transponders and flying without a flight plan.
01:09Even before the war in Ukraine, NATO was intercepting Russian planes around 300 times each year, mostly over waters around
01:17Northern Europe.
01:18The Russian defence ministry declared that the long-range bombers flight was scheduled and occurred in airspace over the neutral
01:26waters of the Baltic Sea.
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01:29The US.
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