Latvia has intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft close to its airspace / wikimedia.org

As the Russian plane was flying close to Latvian airspace, the NATO forces group in the Baltic sent up an F-16 fighter to intercept the Il-20, Swedish newspaper Expressen reported, citing the press secretary of the Lativian Defense Ministry, Kaspars Galkins.

The Latvian fighter shadowed the Russian aircraft for a few minutes, which Galkins said was “standard procedure” in such incidents.