British and German fighter jets intercepted a Russian air-to-air refuelling plane after it failed to communicate with air traffic controllers in Estonia.
The interception comes amid tensions between the West and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. The UK prepares to take over from Germany to lead the NATO mission in Estonia, which borders Russia.
All sources report the same event, with similar language and details.
The UK and German air forces are currently conducting planned joint NATO air policing in the region. The incident comes after Russian fighter jets forced a US drone out of the sky over international waters in the Black Sea.
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Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Covering an area of 17,125,200 square kilometres, it is the largest country in the world by area, spanning more than one-eighth of the Earth's in
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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe. Covering an area of 357,022 square kilometres, it lies between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south.
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Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by