Latvia has intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft close to its airspace / wikimedia.org
Latvian security forces have intercepted a Russian Il-20 military reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, Latvia’s Defense Ministry reported on its Twitter account on Tuesday 20.
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.