Overview
- NATO recorded 24 escort or intercept events near Lithuania in June, a notable increase from earlier monthly totals this year.
- NATO fighters intercepted an Su-30S that lacked a pre-filed flight plan and responded to an Su-24MR that flew without a transponder or radio contact.
- NATO jets identified and escorted an An-72 bound for Kaliningrad that had its transponder on and radio contact but did not file a flight plan.
- The NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment carried out a patrol along the Poland border once and was alerted three times for international flight-regulation violations in the late June–early July period.
- The Baltic states lack their own air policing so NATO maintains rotational patrols from bases such as Zokniai and Amari since 2004 and 2014 respectively, and the Russian Defence Ministry says its flights comply with international rules.