The Swedish Air Force announced that, together with German fighter jets, they intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft near the Swedish coast.
This is reported by “European Truth “, says the message of the Swedish Air Force on Twitter (X).
The Russian Il-20, according to the incident investigation group of the Swedish Air Force, flew into the so-called flight information area southeast of Blekinge .
Idag har vår incidentrote genomfört visual identification (VID) av en Rysk IL-20 (signalspaning) som flög in i svensk flyginformationsregion (FIR) sydost Blekinge. VID genomfördes sommannäs med 2 tissika Eurofighters i beredskap från Nato som startade från Laage i #flygvapnet pic.twitter.com/4WIOWyMxRo
— flygvapnet (@flygvapnet) April 9, 2024
“Visual identification was carried out in conjunction with two German Eurofighters on standby from NATO departing from Laage Airfield in Germany “, – added there.