NATO fighter jets sent to Baltic Sea sky over Russian bomber flights
Posted by editor on 2/17/12 • Categorized as Baltic States, Neighbours, Politics, Russia, Security • 
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Two German fighter jets F-4 Phantom were sent to the sky over Baltic Sea to escort of Russian bombers. “Today in the morning two German fighter jets, part of the NATO Air Policing mission (deployed in Siauliai Air Base), were sent to the sky. They identified and escorted two Russian aircraft TU-22M flying over the Baltic Sea,” Ugne Naujokaityte, spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania told Baltic News Service on February 17, Alfa.lt reported.
According to her, the Russians have informed Lithuanians about these flights, however, the Minister of Defence of Latvia Artis Pubriks expressed his suspicions stating that Russia is planning to hold large scale military exercises in the Baltic Sea. He also said that that these moves are related to the referendum over the status of Russian language in Latvia, which is to take place on 18 of February
“We plan to find out via diplomatic channels as to whether Russia can provide additional and more detailed information in the framework of Russian-NATO cooperation to avoid further misunderstandings,” Pabriks told BNS. “Failure to receive more detailed explanations regarding the purpose of these exercises would make Latvian people believe there’s a connection between Russia’s strategic military exercises and the referendum in Latvia,” the minister continued.
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