Three Russian military ‘ghost’ aircraft have been intercepted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Germany’s Luftwaffe said on Wednesday.
The planes were flying without transponder signals.Germany and Britain sent Eurofighter jets to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and one Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft, the German air force said on Twitter.
Earlier, an ally of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin warned that the world is probably on the verge of a new world war as the risks of a nuclear battle escalate.
“The world is sick and quite probably is on the verge of a new world war,” former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev told a conference in Moscow.
He said such a new world war was not inevitable but that the risks of a nuclear confrontation were growing – and more serious than concerns about climate change.
It comes as Ukrainian forces based on the western side of the River Dnipro begin frequently carrying out raids on the eastern bank near the city of Kherson to try to dislodge Russian troops, a regional official said on Tuesday.
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Three Russian ‘ghost’ military aircraft intercepted over Baltic Sea
Three Russian military ‘ghost’ aircraft have been intercepted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Germany’s Luftwaffe said on Wednesday.
The planes were flying without transponder signals.
Germany and Britain sent Eurofighter jets to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and one Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft, the German air force said on Twitter.