NATO jets again intercept Russian planes over Baltic near Latvia

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"Air Policing jets on March 24 in international airspace above the Baltic Sea near the LV border identified RU AF 2x Tu-22M, and 2x Su-27,"the Latvian armed forces' tweet reads.

However, the Latvian authorities said the airspace of the Baltic countries wasn’t violated.

As reported earlier, the Japanese Defense Ministry reported a flight by a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber near the island of Tsushima. Another Russian aircraft was spotted flying near the Japanese island of Hokkaido.