NATO Tracks Spike in Russian Aerial Activity in Europe

NATO says it has detected “unusual” activity in European airspace in the past two days. Speaking in Brussels Wednesday, a NATO military spokesman said that four groups of Russian warplanes, including Tu-95 strategic bombers and MiG-31 jets, have been "conducting significant military maneuvers" over the Baltic Sea, North Sea and the Black Sea. He said Norwegian, British, Portuguese, German and Turkish fighters were sent up to intercept and identify the Russian planes, adding...

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